POTSDAM, N.Y. -- Mount Ida College returns from a difficult trip to SUNY Potsdam's tip-off tournament, after falling to D'Youville on Saturday afternoon 2-0 and then dropping a 10-0 decision to New England College in the consolation game on Sunday.
D'Youville 2, Mount Ida 0
D'Youville took control of the contest offensively early and the defense frustrated Mount Ida for all 90 minutes.
Mustang's freshman goalie Kyla Bragg (Sanford, Maine/Sanford) made three saves in the opening 12:28, but the Spartans broke through at 13:11 off a corner kick. Johnson lofted the ball in to the right side of the box and junior defender Breanne Nelson (Caledonia, N.Y./Caledonia-Mumford) headed the ball into the upper right corner of the net for the eventual game-winner. While Bragg made two more saves before the break, the Mustangs were held to just three shots in the opening half.
At the 66:07 mark, D'Youville senior midfielder Rachel Hermanski (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Maryvale) fed Johnson at the right side of the net. Bragg came out to challenge her, but Johnson stepped around her and deposited the ball into the back of the net to make it 2-0. The Spartans' defense allowed just three more shots in the second half, but none reached D'Youville sophomore goalie Megan Dulniak (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Cheektowaga).
Dulniak needed just one save to earn the shutout, while Bragg turned aside seven shots.
The Spartans outshot the Mustangs 18-6 and finished with a 5-4 advantage in corners.
New England College 10, Mount Ida 0
Nine different Pilgrims would finish with goals. NEC would open the scoring just 3:45 into the contest heading in a ball assisted by Jess Dowson. NEC would then net a goal in the 10th minute as Emily Gubbins would record her first goal of the season assisted by Sara Locke. The Pilgrims would add three more opening half goals, including scores by Cameron Szuch, Tara Bainbridge and Michaela Pomeroy.
NEC would tack on four goals in a five minute span in the second half including, Pomeroy's second of the game and scores by Emily LePage, Rachel Thomas and Jenna Gardyne. NEC's final score came in the 71st minute as Taylor Grant beat the Mount Ida keeper who had come out of the net.
In goal for Mount Ida was Kelsey Parkin (Gorham, Maine) who allowed two goals and Bragg, who stopped six shots.
Mount Ida (0-3) travels to Mitchell for a 3:00 PM game on Wednesday, September 7th.