ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Sunday, September 1, 2002

Etown Falls to Christopher Newport, 4-3 in Overtime, on Final Day of Blue Jay Classic; Ithaca Defeats North Carolina Wesleyan 2-0; College of New Jersey Knocks off St. Lawrence, 4-1

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown dropped its second consecutive overtime game to fall to 0-2 in 2002, as Christopher Newport (1-1) defeated the Blue Jays 4-3 in the 98th minute of the final game of the Blue Jay Classic. In the day's earlier games, Ithaca (2-0) defeated North Carolina Wesleyan (0-2) 2-0, and the College of New Jersey (2-0) defeated St. Lawrence (1-1) by a 4-1 score.

Etown got on the scoreboard first against Christopher Newport on a goal by Courtney Phillips (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg), assisted by Danielle Grubb (Danville, PA/Danville) at 42:00.

Christopher Newport tied the score at 1-1 at 61 minutes when Ashleigh Dota (Woodbridge, VA/Hylton) dribbled through the Elizabethtown defense to score. Etown took a 2-1 lead at 64 minutes when Grubb scored the first goal of her collegiate career off an assist from Jessie Cromley (New Columbia, PA/Milton).

Christopher Newport evened the score at 2-2 at 82 minutes on a goal by Kathleen McCormack (Williamsburg, VA/Jamestown). A goal on a direct kick by Megan Halladay (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) two minutes later gave Etown a 3-2 lead, but one minute after that Dota once again beat the Etown defense to knot the score up at 3-3.

Following the expiration of regulation time, overtime began with Elizabethtown firmly in control of the ball for about five minutes, during which time Christopher Newport goaltender Carola Riegner (Fairfax, VA/Oakton) made several spectacular saves. Riegner compiled ten saves on the day. Christopher Newport took control of the game for the final two minutes, culminating in Natalie Stallings' (Poquoson, VA/Poquoson) game-winning goal for the Captains at 97:40.

In the previous game, Ithaca defeated N.C. Wesleyan 2-0, getting its first goal at 17:56 courtesy of a Dawn Rathbone (Woodstock, CT/Woodstock Academy) corner kick that arced and sailed into the net. Becca Berry (Lowville, NY/Lowville Academy) scored Ithaca's final goal at 65:08.

In the first game of the day, the College of New Jersey scored got its four goals from Alison Baker (Succanussa, NJ/Roxbury), Cara Gabage (Vineland, NJ/Vineland), Erin Pivovarnick (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham), and Stephanie Peters (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central). Meredith Eisenhut (Mowhawk, NY/Mowhawk Central) scored the lone goal for St. Lawrence with just 35 seconds remaining in the game, prompting a celebration on St. Lawrence's side, as the College of New Jersey, currently ranked fifth in the nation, allowed just one goal in the entire 2001 season.

Elizabethtown returns to action Saturday, September 7 on the road against the College of New Jersey for a 7:00 p.m. game.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Blue Jay Classic, Day Two

Game 4: College of New Jersey 4, St. Lawrence 1
St. Lawrence (1-1) 0 1 -- 1
College of New Jersey (2-0) 4 0 -- 4
Scoring:
NJ-Alison Baker (Cara Gabage), 4:43
NJ-Gabage (Shannon Scott), 16:35
NJ-Erin Pivovarnick (Gia Rosamilia), 21:45
NJ-Stephanie Peters (Elisabeth Tomlin), 30:31
STL-Meredith Eisenhut (Tori Kohn), 89:25
Shots: STL 3, NJ 30. Corners: STL 1, NJ 8. Goalie Saves: Maggie O'Neill (STL) 15, Jackie Kemp (NJ) 0, Alissa Kacar (NJ) 1.

Game 5: Ithaca 2, North Carolina Wesleyan 0
North Carolina Wesleyan (0-2) 0 0 -- 0
Ithaca (2-0) 1 1 -- 2
Scoring:
IC-Dawn Rathbone, 17:56
IC-Becca Berry, 65:08
Shots: NC 7, IC 23. Corners: NC 4, IC 10. Goalie Saves: Rachel Whicker (NC) 13, Liz Bishop (IC) 5.

Game 6: Christopher Newport 4, Elizabethtown 3 (OT)
Christopher Newport (1-1) 0 3 1 -- 4
Elizabethtown (0-2) 1 2 0 -- 3
Scoring:
EC-Courtney Phillips (Danielle Grubb), 42:00
CN-Ashleigh Dota, 61:00
EC-Grubb (Jessie Cromley) 64:00
CN-Kathleen McCormack (Liz Thuma), 82:00
EC-Megan Halladay, 84:00
CN-Dota, 85:00
CN-Natalie Stallings, 97:40
Shots: CN 16, EC 19. Corners: CN 9, EC 4. Saves: Carola Riegner (CN) 10, Jackie Shoustal (EC) 9.