Newton, MA – The Rivier College Raiders spoiled
the senior day events at Mount Ida College, winning
a 2-1 Great Northeast Athletic Conference
(GNAC) game on Tuesday afternoon in Newton,
Massachusetts. The Mustangs finish their 2010 campaign under the
direction of first year head coach Melissa Philbrook at 3-12-1
going 1-11-0 in conference play while the Raiders,
who also end their season, finish with
an overall record of 8-8-2, 4-6-2 in conference
competition.
The Mustangs struck first in the 15th minute of play on a long
range shot from sophomore Elena Ooms (Valatie, NY/Ichabod Crane).
Ooms took a deflected pass from sophomore Ashley Yost
(Gloversville, NY/Gloversville) from 30 yards out and fired a shot
into the top left corner of the net over the goaltenders head for
the 1-0 advantage.
The rest of the opening half remained very quiet with a total of
four shots by each team for the final 30 minutes of the first
stanza.
The visitors struck 19 minutes into the second half on a very
lucky redirection from the Mustangs for an own goal. Raider
sophomore Melissa
Buccheri(Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream Central) caught an
angle towards the top left corner of the box and headed towards the
net. Buccheri poked a shot towards the right corner but
unfortunately senior Becky Tisbert (Cambridge, VT/Lamoille Union)
attempted a slide tackle to stop the shot and ultimately deflected
the ball past her own keeper giving the visitors their first score
of the contest knotting up the game at 1-1.
With time winding under the 10 minute mark it looked as if the
game would be headed into overtime. Unfortunately for the Mustangs,
in the eighth minute a penalty kick was awarded to the visitors
after a hard slide tackle in the box by junior Tracy Koukol (North
Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro). Raider freshman Morgan
Greene(Acworth, NH/Fall Mountain) got the nod from head coach
Jeff Simoneau and converted the opportunity into the right corner
for the 2-1 lead with little time for Mount Ida to mount a
comeback.
The Mustangs could not muster another legitimate opportunity to
net a goal dropping their 12th loss of the season and their 11th
GNAC loss in 2010 2-1.
Mount Ida senior goalkeeper Meghan Begins (Jericho, VT/Jericho)
made four saves during the contest while Raider goaltender freshman
Christine
Surber (Langdon, NH/Fall Mountain) denied three host shots.
