Sacred Heart
2-2-0
Canisius
1-3-2
Pioneers Score Twice In Second Half To Beat Canisius 3-1
9/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart women's soccer team scored twice in the second half to break a 1-1 halftime tie, defeating the Canisius Golden Griffins 3-1 Friday afternoon at Campus Field.
Four minutes into the second half, the Pioneers took the lead. Cosmedy headed in a cross from Lindsay Corallo (Jackson, N.J.) in the 49th minute to take a 2-1 lead. Alex Mesropyan (Mahwah, N.J.) gave Sacred Heart the brace it needed in the 83rd minute, scoring her third goal of the season on a penalty kick to make the final score 3-1.
The Pioneers travel to Hartford on Sunday for a 2 p.m. game.
FIRST HALF
- Corallo put a shot wide after four minutes
- Schwartz stopped a Samantha Gagliano shot in the fifth minute after the Canisius forward was one-on-one with the Pioneers' goalkeeper
- Brittany Hamilton (Howell, N.J.) headed a shot wide off of a corner kick in the 28th minute
- Simmons nearly scored six minutes after tying the game, putting a long shot on goal that was stopped by Canisius goalkeeper Kailee De Franks
SECOND HALF
- Cosmedy took a goal-scoring opportunity away from Canisius in the 47th minute, clearing a loose ball in the Sacred Heart 18-yard box
- Melanie DaSilva (Bristol, R.I.) took a throughball from Alexis Parlato (Center Moriches, N.Y.) in the 53rd minute and had her shot on goal saved
- Schwartz made two saves in the second half, one of which came in the 66th minute on a shot by Emma Westwater
- Westwater also put a shot over the crossbar in the 83rd minute
Team Stats
Kugler, Taylor (4)
20 yards straight on
11:14
SIMMONS, Annika (1)
SHU SIMMONS, Annika PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 1 for season.
36:05
COSMEDY, Dana (1)
Assisted By: CORALLO, Lindsay
header inside 6 off cross
49:43
MESROPYAN, Alex (3)
SHU MESROPYAN, Alex PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 3 for season.
82:59
