SHU Women's Soccer Moves To 1-1 In NEC After 3-1 Loss At LIU Brooklyn

Friday, October 10

Brooklyn, NY

4 pm

Sacred Heart

6-6-1, 1-1-0NEC

LIU

3-10-0, 1-1-0NEC

Team	1	2	Final F
Sacred Heart	1	0	1
LIU Brooklyn	1	2	3

SHU Women's Soccer Moves To 1-1 In NEC After 3-1 Loss At LIU Brooklyn

10/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Sacred Heart women's soccer team had its three-match winning streak snapped on Friday, falling to the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 3-1 at LIU Field.

Sacred Heart (6-6-1, 1-1 NEC) scored first Friday afternoon, as Kristin Verrette (Saugus, Mass.) took a loose ball and scored in the 11^th minute, putting the Pioneers ahead 1-0 on just their second shot of the game and first on goal. Four minutes after scoring her 11^th goal of the season, Verrette nearly had her 12^th but LIU Brooklyn goalkeeper Jessica Montrose made a save. The Blackbirds tied the game in the 17^th minute as Sydney Ciufo knocked in the rebound of a Jen Spicer shot that hit the post, making the score 1-1. The Pioneers outshot the Blackbirds 5-2 after the tying goal, putting two shots on goal. Chandler Antczak (Kendall Park, N.J.) had a shot saved in the 23^rd minute as Montrose also stopped a Verrette attempt in the 40^th minute. Marissa Christy (Massapequa, N.Y.) also hit the crossbar in the 32nd minute.

Sacred Heart nearly leveled the game in the 62^nd minute as a Dana Cosmedy (Monroe, Conn.) shot was stopped by Montrose. Christy also had a shot saved in the 70^th minute. LIU Brooklyn (3-10, 1-1 NEC) broke the tie in the 72^nd minute as Madison Gomez headed in a cross from Brittany Galske. The Blackbirds tacked on another goal in the 76^th minute to extend their lead to 3-1. Sacred Heart had one more shot on goal in the game as LIU Brooklyn hung on to win 3-1.

The Pioneers outshot the Blackbirds 14-8, putting eight shots on goal to LIU's three.

Sacred Heart returns to Campus Field on Sunday, Oct. 12 for a 12 p.m. game against Saint Francis U.