NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Vassar College senior Carolyn Demougeot (Potomac, Md.) scored a pair of second half goals to send the Brewers to a 3-1 victory over Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday. The Knights drop to 1-1-0 on the season, while Vassar remains unbeaten at 2-0-0.
Trailing by a goal in the 53rd minute, Mount Saint Mary sophomore
Lindsey Oro (Holtsville, N.Y.) lined up a corner kick and played a dangerous ball into the box. It found the foot of junior
Colleen Ryan (Point Lookout, N.Y.), who scooted a shot past the keeper to tie the game at 1-1.
The Brewers maintained their offensive pressure, however, and were rewarded with two goals in a span of 94 seconds. In the 73rd minute, sophomore Keiko Kurita (Scotts Valley, Calif.) played a diagonal ball to the left wing to find freshman Gavriella Kaplan (Robbinsville, N.J.). Kaplan then crossed the ball to the middle of the field where it bounced once before Demougeot ripped a shot to the back of the net.
In the 75th minute, Demougeot beat the defense up the middle and tracked down a vertical pass from junior Alix Zongrone (Greenville, S.C.). She then beat the keeper to the far post for her second goal of the afternoon.
Vassar outshot the Knights by a margin of 22-3, and Mount Saint Mary senior goalkeeper
Megan Cotta (Brick, N.J.) was called upon early and often. Cotta finished with 12 saves.
In the first half, it was Gavriella Kaplan who broke through for the Brewers. After a failed clearing attempt by the Knights, Kaplan pounced on a loose ball and found the side netting at the far post to stake the Brewers to a 1-0 advantage.
Vassar sophomore goalkeeper Ali Higgins (Dallas, Texas) made one save to earn the victory for the Brewers.
Up next for the Knights is another home date, this time with Rutgers-Newark. Mount Saint Mary will host the Scarlet Raiders on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:00 p.m.
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