The Queens College women's soccer team improved to 7-2-2
overall, including a 2-1-1 conference mark, with a 2-1
victory of Molloy College in a game played on Wednesday from the
Dean Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, New
York. Lorena Russi (Rego Park, N.Y./Townsend
Harris) and Rebecca Laporte (London, England/Ashmole) accounted for
both of the Knights' tallies.
Queens pushed the attack early on, getting the ball into the
Lions' defensive end of the field and earning a corner kick
in just the third minute. In the sixth minute, the Knights
had their first scoring chance as Janine Guerra (Whitestone,
N.Y./St. Francis Prep) lifted a shot that forced Molloy keeper
Nicole DellaPorta to make a save.
The offensive pressure paid off for the Knights in the
16th minute, as they found the back of the net for the
first time in the game. Nicolette Scrozzo (Smithtown,
N.Y./Smithtown West) played a through ball on to the head of Russi,
who put it inside the right post for her team-leading fifth goal of
the season and a 1-0 lead for Queens.
After 22 minutes of back-and-forth play where neither side could
muster an attack, the Knights doubled their lead to 2-0, courtesy
of Laporte's first tally of the season, which was setup by a
corner kick off the foot of Kristina Ikonomou (Commack,
N.Y./Commack).
Queens closed out the half without allowing anymore Molloy shots
on goal and had a 2-0 lead at the break.
The second half saw Molloy trim the deficit in half as Alicia
Mercurio chipped a Jacqui Valentine pass over the head of goalie
Allison Breakey (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln Way East) for the
goal. From there, Breakey was forced to make a couple of
saves down the stretch as the Lions tried to press for the
equalizer, but it never came and the Knights had the 2-1
victory.
Queens outshot Molloy 11-5 and dominated the corner kicks,
5-1. Breakey made a pair of saves in the win.
The Knights return to action on Sunday, October 7, when they
host Franklin Pierce from Flushing, New York at 2:30.
