For Immediate Release
September 13, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Soccer Downs Simmons in Wellesley Invitational
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College first-year Ashley Farnsworth (Epping, N.H.) scored twice as the Blue soccer team defeated Simmons, 2-0 and advanced to tomorrow's Wellesley Invitational title game. The result improves Wellesley to 1-0-1 on the season while Simmons falls to 2-3-1.
Farnsworth picked up her first goal of the game just 1:44 in the match to set the score at 1-0 in favor of the Blue. The rest of the first half was scoreless and Wellesley took the slim lead into halftime. At the break, Wellesley had a 14-6 advantage in shots while Simmons was kept in the game by seven saves from keeper Rachel Elliott (Amherst, NH).
Simmons had their best chance to score at the 58 minute mark when a corner kick came close to drawing the Wellesley keeper out of the net, but the Sharks could not convert and the score remained 1-0 in favor of Wellesley.
In the 88th minute, Catherine Caruso (Belmont, Mass.) picked up her second assist of the season when she hit Farnsworth up the middle with a pass that was booted into the net to set the score at 2-0.
Simmons did not manage a shot over the remaining two minutes and the Blue picked up their first win of the 2008 season.
In goal for the Sharks, Elliott finished with nine saves. For Wellesley, Katie Martore (Great Falls, VA) and Sarah Gray (Montclair, VA) split time in goal, each picking up two saves.
Simmons is back in action tomorrow at 12:00pm in the consolation of the tournament, facing Montclair State. The Blue will take on fourth-ranked Skidmore College in tomorrow's championship at 2:30pm.
#4 Skidmore Defeats Montclair State, 2-0
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – The fourth-ranked Skidmore College soccer team defeated Montclair State, 2-0 to advance to the championship game of the 2008 Wellesley Invitational.
Skidmore had two quick scoring opportunities in the first half but Lindsay Schmitt's shot hit the right post while Elena Stansky launched a shot from Sarah Whateley's corner that also hit the post.
At the 17 minute mark, Montclair States fired off shots from Natalia Sista and Jen Kelleher but Skidmore's Ellie Shorey saved both to preserve the 0-0 tie at the half.
In the second half, Skidmore needed a little over 14 minutes to get on the board as Abby Benton knocked in the game's first goal unassisted. The Thoroughbreds added another score just over three minutes later as Lindsay Schmitt picked up her first goal of the season.
Montclair had several scoring chances in the waning minutes, but Megan Sleezer picked up four saves for Skidmore and the Thoroughbreds picked up their fourth-straight win in 2008.
Sleezer and Shorey split time in goal picking up four and three saves, respectively. For Montclair State, Leah Tepperman played all 90 minutes between the posts, picking up seven saves.
Montclair State will take on Simmons in the consolation game at 12:00pm tomorrow while Skidmore advances to the finals to face host Wellesley College at 2:30pm.