Farmingdale, N.Y. – Playing at preseason favorite Farmingdale State, the Mount Saint Mary College Women's Soccer team dropped a hard fought 3-2 decision to the Rams Saturday afternoon.
Julia Accetura (Prospect, Conn.) scored her first goal of the season, while freshman
Emma Mihale (Oceanside, N.Y.) tallied for the third time in 2022.
Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 3-9-2 overall on the season and to 3-3-1 in conference play, while Farmingdale State improves to 5-7-1 overall and a perfect 5-0-0 in league action.
First Half
- The home standing Rams wasted little time opening an early lead, scoring the first goal in the 15th minute.
- Julissa Martinez scored for the fourth time this season off a combination from Alyse Rivera and Jazzmin Terrell at 14:08 for the opening goal of the contest.
- Farmingdale State maintained the one goal lead for just 44 second when Accetura brought the Knights even at 14:52. She potted her first of the season off a feed from Kaitlin Hansen (Port Jervis, N.Y.) to close out the scoring in the first half.
- Farmingdale State finished the opening 45 minutes with a 7-3 advantage in shots.
- The Rams took the only corner kick of the opening stanza.
- Caroline Brucato (Massapequa, N.Y.) closed the first half with four saves for the Knights.
Second Half
- The game remained deadlocked at a goal apiece until the Rams struck twice just under three minutes apart to grab a late 3-1 advantage.
- Emily Zeblisky scored for the sixth time this season off an assist from Martinez at 74:17 to break the tie.
- True Eggers then tallied what proved to be the game winning goal at 77:11 when she completed a pass from Zeblisky to give the Rams a two-goal cushion with just under 12 minutes left to play.
- Trailing by two goals, Mihale got the Knights to within a single shot at 87:35 on an unassisted tally late in regulation time.
- The Knights had two corner kicks in the final minute, but were unable to get an attempt at the tying goal off.
- Farmingdale State finished the second half with an 8-3 advantage in shots.
- Corner kicks after halftime were even at 3-3.
- Brucato made a single save after the break for the Knights.
For The Knights
- Accetura got into the scoring column for the first time since 2019 with the Mount's first goal of the contest.
- Mihale moved into a tie for second on the team with her third marker of the campaign.
- Hansen moved her team lead in points to 12 with her second helper of the year.
- Six different Knights finished the contest with a shot.
- Making her first appearance since September 17, Brucato closed the game with four saves in goal for the Knights.
For The Rams
- Zeblisky finished the contest with a goal and an assist, notching her sixth goal of the year.
- Martinez also added a goal and an assist in the victory.
- Eggers scored the deciding tally, her second goal of the season.
- Rivera led all players in the game with six shots and recorded an assist.
- Rivera and Zeblisky each totaled three shots on goal.
- Lindsey Jolly made the start in goal and made one save in 45 minutes of work.
- Chloe Kensell stopped a pair of shots after halftime for the Rams.
Match Statistics
- Farmingdale State closed the game with a 15-6 advantage in overall shots, including a slim 8-5 edge in shots on goal.
- Corner kicks on the day went to the Rams by a slim 4-3 margin.
- Fouls were whistled against the Knights, 10-7.
What's Next
- The Knights play host to the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Wednesday night.
- Farmingdale State hosts Western Connecticut on Monday.
