ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Sunday, November 12, 2006

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Elizabethtown Shuts Out Montclair State, 1-0 in Overtime, in Second Round of NCAA Tournament; Blue Jays Advance to Regionals Next Weekend

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College defeated Montclair State University 1-0 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament at home Sunday to improve to 14-4-3 overall and advance to next weekend’s NCAA regionals at a time and place to be determined. Montclair State’s season ended with a 13-7-3 overall record.

The deciding goal came at 96:56 when Blue Jay defender Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) scored her second goal of the season off assists by Jenna Russo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) and Brooke Dotterer (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts). The goal was scored during Elizabethtown’s second corner kick in the overtime period, taken by Jamie Alvanitakis (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove). Alvanitakis’ corner sailed to Russo, who fired a cross pass that found Dotterer diving in front of the open right corner of the net, and Geiger redirected the ball into the goal.

Elizabethtown out-shot Montclair State 19-3 over the course of the game, but the Blue Jays could not get anything past Red Hawk goaltender Kristin Kuhmann (Beachwood, NJ/Toms River South) during regulation time. Kuhmann made 11 saves over the course of the game. The Blue Jays also held a 9-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Elizabethtown goaltender Dawn Mellen (Warren, NJ/Watchung Hills Regional) made two saves in her eighth shutout of the season.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
NCAA Division III Tournament Second Round
Elizabethtown 1, Montclair State 0 (OT)
Goals by period      1 2 OT Tot
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Montclair State U... 0 0 0 - 0
Elizabethtown Coll.. 0 0 1 - 1

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 96:56 ETOWN Geiger, Gretchen (2) (Dotterer, Brooke; Russo, Jenna) - Corner kick

Shots: Montclair State U. 3, Elizabethtown Coll. 19
Saves: Montclair State U. 11 (Kristin Kuhmann 11), Elizabethtown Coll. 2 (Mellen, Dawn 2)

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