Saturday, October 6, 2012 (Boston, Massachusetts) - The Mount
Ida College women's soccer team dropped a 2-1 overtime loss to
Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) host Suffolk University
Saturday afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts for their sixth
straight loss. The Mustangs have lost a handful of extra time
contests in 2012 happening for the third time today.
Host sophomore Lauren Spencer (Tewksbury, MA) put home the
game-winning goal three minutes into the overtime period on a
center pass from junior Gabrielle Balestrier (Mohnton, PA) as the
Rams draw even in league play with a 4-4 record, and move to 4-8
overall on the season. The goal was Spencer's first goal of the
2012 season and first career game winning goal.
The game needed an extra period as both teams played through a
scoreless second half after trading first half goals.
Junior Monica Wolf (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) got the Rams on the board
first as she also scored her first goal of the season on an
unassisted play twenty five minutes into the contest.
The Mustangs would draw even at one goal each however in the game's
forty-first minute as freshman Maegan Hernberg
(Eastford, CT) struck on her first career collegiate goal.
Both teams had chances late in the second half to clinch a victory,
but each would make strong defensive stands.
Junior Briana Tomaselli
(Warwick, RI/Pilgrim) was one-on-one with a breakaway with ninety
seconds remaining but Suffolk sophomore goalkeeper Melissa
Brouilette (Shelton, CT) came out to play the ball and stop the
Mustangs' scoring chance.
Suffolk would force the ball upfield thirty seconds later as
Balestrier worked her way through the defense deep in the zone and
had a wide open shot stopped by a Mustangs' defender keeping the
ball out of the goal.
Brouillette made seven saves in the victory for the Rams, while
freshman Samantha Basler
(Plymouth, Mass.) stopped nine shots in goal for the Mustangs.
Suffolk held a slight advantage in shots in the contest at
18-14.
Both teams will be back in GNAC action on this Monday's holiday as
Mount Ida travels to St. Joseph's College for a 1:00pm matchup with
the Monks, while the Rams head to Albertus Magnus to take on the
Falcons.
Some Content Courtesy of Suffolk University Sports Information