ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Women's soccer shut-out Elmira 3-0 while celebrating the Golden Flyers' seniors
Annika Monfort,
Haley Glassman,
Grace Palczewski,
Margaret Partlow, and
McKenna Miller.
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The Golden Flyers now have an overall record of 9-5-2 and a conference record of 6-2-2.
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In the first half, the Golden Flyers created many scoring opportunities, with a total of 14 shots, but only one shot connected with the back of the net.
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At a time of 22:50,
Alice O'Connor placed a ball ahead of
Tatum Overton to score and put up the only goal of the first half.
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Nazareth's stellar first-half defense held the Soaring Eagles to only two shots, both of which were saved by
Annika Monfort.
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At the end of the first half, the Golden Flyers led 1-0.
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The second half was also very quiet with scoring, despite opportunities for the Golden Flyers, who had multiple shots that were just barely off, or saved by Elmira's goalies.
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Nazareth did not score in the second half until the 82:58-minute mark when
Lauryn Obey connected with
Lauren Richie to find the back of the net and extend the lead to 2-0.
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Just over three minutes of game play later,
Shannon Sgombick scored an unassisted goal to finish the scoring for the game.
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In the second half, Monfort had multiple key saves to hold Elmira scoreless. In total, Monfort had four saves.
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The game ended in a 3-0 shutout in favor of the Golden Flyers.
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The Golden Flyers will be back in action on October 30
th at 7 p.m. against host St. John Fisher for their last conference match-up before playoffs.
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