The RPI women’s soccer team absolutely dominated their game against the 7-3 ECAC Plattsburgh Cardinals. The Red Hawks easily out-shot the Cardinals 19-8, and were just playing more aggressively than the other team overall.
In the first half, the Red Hawks forced five saves on Cardinals’ goalie Corie Gaidusek, who allowed two goals to get through. RPI opened the scoring early in the first half when Kristy Nachman scored off of a feed by Susan Gonyea less than a minute into the period. The second goal didn’t come until there were 30 seconds left in the period as Katie Fredlund set Lisa McMillan up with a great pass.
The Cardinals stepped up their playing a bit in the second half, forcing one save on RPI goalie Andrea Hamill and two more on goalie Tara Marandino. The Red Hawks, by contrast, made eight shots on the goal, scoring three goals in the half. Six minutes into the period Gonyea made an unassisted goal. The second goal came at 27:29 as Liz Vitaliano made a header for Jessica Chetuck to slip past the goalie. The final RPI goal came at 31:47 as Laura Feeney scored off of assists by Carol Cheek and Adele Godfre-Certner.
The game closed out at 5-0, Red Hawks. The game puts RPI at 10-4-1, 4-3 for the UCAA. The team is the top seed in the New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Accociation tournament this week. They will hosts the semi-finals and finals at the Harkness Field. Their next game will be against either fourth-seeded Fredonia or fifth-seeded Vassar on Saturday at 11 am.
