10/29/11

WOMEN MAKE IT TO FINALS

The New York women's soccer team, in their inaugural season, have fought their way to the Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference championship game by defeating Sarah Lawrence College in a shoot out.

The Knights scored first on sophomore forward Ellinor Simonsson's first goal of the season. The Gryphons would tie the match and send it into overtime in the second half. Both teams would fail to score in both overtimes, resulting in a shoot out.

The Knights scored on their first three attempts on shots by Tiffanie Vargas (Environmental Sciences/New York, NY), Taryia Hollins (Mountain View/Triangle, VA), and Karol Scott-Tracy (Kristiansand Katedralskole, Grimle, Norway) while goalkeeper Lauga Oskarsdottir (Wang Toppidrettsgymnas/Reykjavik, Iceland) blanked the Gryphons on their first three attempts to secure the win.

The Knights face Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Sunday in Albany for the title.