FLUSHING, N.Y. – Continuing their homestand, the Queens College women's soccer team welcomed the regionally-ranked #10 Lions of Georgian Court University to Knights Field in Non-Conference play Saturday evening.
Matching up against a tough Lions squad, freshman goalie
Samantha Hines-Hirsch (Plainview, N.Y.) and her defense stood tall as the Knights were outshot 9-5 on shots on goals to earn the scoreless tie Saturday evening.
With the tie, the Knights move to 5-4-1 on the year. Saturday's tie sees Queens earn their fourth tie against the Lions in their 12
th All-Time meeting and second in back-to-back meetings since the 2017 season.
GAME RECAP
The Lions opened the game as the aggressors as they tested Hines-Hirsch with four shots on goal in the first 16 minutes of the game but the rookie would hold her own to keep the game tied.
The Knights would tally their first shot of the game in the 23
rd minute of play as senior
Julia Ragone's (Centereach, N.Y) shot sailed out top.
The Lions would tally their fifth shot on goal in the 27
th minute of play but once again a timely save from Hines-Hirsch would keep the game knotted at zero.
The Plainview native recorded her sixth save of the first half in the 43
rd minute of play to take a scoreless tie into halftime with Queens being outshot 7-3.
The second half of play would see Queens change their tempo as Ragone and sophomore
Ashley Kieblesz (Middle Village, N.Y.) combined for four shots, with three shots on goal in the opening 10 minutes of play.
Georgian Court would attempt to dictate the passage of play over the 10 minutes as they notched three shots on goals but each time Hines-Hirsch would bottle up the shots to keep the game scoreless.
Over the final 20 minutes of play, the Knights would hold the Lions to three shots as the backline continued to keep the game deadlocked at zero.
As a Lions shot was blocked in the 88
th minute and Queens negating a Lions corner kick, Ragone would notch a shot on goal but it was blocked in the final 30 seconds of play as both sides battled out to a scoreless tie after the full 90 minutes of play.
BY THE NUMBERS
- In goal, Hines-Hirsch recorded nine saves to earn her first tie and her third shutout of the year.
- The Knights were outshot 14-11, and 9-5 shots on goal.
- Ragone notched a team-high six shots and three shots on goal
- Kieblesz and rookie Morgan Khadra (Grand Island, N.Y.) combined for two shots on goal.
NEXT GAME
The Knights continue non-conference play on Wednesday, Oct. 15 as they welcome the Yellow Jackets of American International College to town. Kick-off is set for 5:00 p.m.
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