#3 Elms and #4 Daniel Webster Advance to the 2010 NECC Women’s Soccer Semifinals
2010 NECC WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Quarterfinals • Tuesday, November 2
#6 Becker (5-13-0, 3-5-0) at #3 Elms (8-9-0, 6-2-0),
Elms 2 Becker 0
#5 Newbury (6-9-2, 4-3-1) at #4 Daniel Webster (5-8-3, 4-3-1),
Daniel Webster 1 Newbury 0
Semifinals • Thursday, November 4
#1 Lesley (11-5-2, 7-0-1) vs. #4 Daniel Webster (6-8-3,
4-3-1), 8:00 p.m. (at higher seed)
#2 Mitchell (8-7-1, 6-1-1) vs. #3 Elms (9-9-0, 6-2-0), 2:00 p.m.
(at higher seed)
Championship Match • Saturday, November 6
Semifinal Winners, 1:00 p.m. (at higher seed)
#4 Daniel Webster 1 #5 Newbury 0
Box Score http://athletics.dwc.edu/sports/wsoc/2010-11/boxscores/20101102_bhf3.xml
NASHUA, N.H. – Daniel Webster senior forward
Kim Lemire (Merrimack, N.H.) belted a 20-yard
strike to the top right corner with just 4:56 remaining in
regulation to deliver the fourth-seeded Daniel Webster College
women’s soccer team a 1-0 victory over fifth-seeded Newbury
College in a in a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC)
quarterfinal matchup Tuesday afternoon at Eagle Field.
With the victory, the Eagles advanced to the NECC semifinals and
visit top seed Lesley University on Thursday in an 8:00 p.m.
contest. Semifinal winners advance to the championship game slated
for Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
The Eagles (6-8-3), making a program record third straight
appearance in the post-season, advanced to the conference final
four for the second time in two seasons.
Daniel Webster set the pace for the game, finishing with significant advantages in overall shots (17-5), shots on goal (9-3) and corner kicks (9-0). But neither team managed to generate many good scoring opportunities until Lemire broke through for the winner when she grabbed a loose ball directly in front at the top of the box for just her second goal of the season.
Newbury had a golden chance for an early lead midway through the first half when freshman midfielder Maria Salamone (Portland, Maine) broke past the Eagle defense with a partial breakaway and careened a shot off the far right post past Eagle keeper junior Amy Waller (Berlin, Mass.).
Newbury freshman goalkeeper Kimberly Bibby (Brockton, Mass.) would finish with eight saves on the afternoon for the Nighthawks, who finished their season 6-10-2 overall.
Waller recorded three saves for the Eagles.
The Eagles met Lesley once this season back on September
25th, earning a 1-1 tie in which Waller made a career
high 17 saves.
#3 Elms 2 #4 Becker 0
Box Score http://athletics.elms.edu/sports/wsoc/2010-11/stats/ecw-bc2.htm
CHICOPEE, Mass. – Elms College junior forward Jennifer Killion (Cambridge, Mass.) scored what proved to be the game-winner in the third minute of play to help lift the third-seed Blazers to a 2-0 victory over No. 6 Becker College in Tuesday evening’s quarterfinal game of the 2010 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s soccer championship tournament at Leary Field.
With the win, Elms advances to the semifinals and will travel to No. 2 Mitchell College on Thursday, Nov. 4. The 9-9 Blazers will square off against the 8-7-1 Mariners at 2:00 p.m. in New London, Conn.
Becker concludes its season 5-14 overall.
Three minutes into the contest, Elms’ junior midfielder Erica Griffo (Syracuse, N.Y.) scorched a shot that Becker goalkeeper Alena Phongsa (Putnam, Conn.) deflected away and Killion was in perfect position to control the rebound and knock the ball into the net giving the Blazers the early 1-0 lead.
Elms added to its lead at the 30:27 mark when freshman forward Christina Goodchild (East Longmeadow, Mass.) crossed the ball to the foot of freshman defender Ashley Venancio (Ludlow, Mass.) who drilled the ball into the nylon to extend the lead to 2-0.
After outshooting the Hawks 10-3 in the first 45 minutes, the game evened out in the second half as Becker outshot Elms 7-6 in a scoreless second stanza.
Phongsa made six of her nine saves in the contest during the first half, while Blazers’ freshman goalkeeper Hayley Zisk (Baldwinville, Mass.) notched three saves in the win – all of them in the second period.
Killion and Griffo registered three shots on goal each, while Goodchild placed two shots on target in the win.
