The
Berkeley College New York women’s soccer team earned a trip to the Hudson Valley Women’s
Athletic Conference championship game Sunday afternoon after a 1-0 win against Yeshiva
University at the College of Staten Island Soccer Complex.
For
most of the first half both teams would trade possessions trying to obtain good
field position in high wind conditions. Berkeley managed five shots in the first frame while Yeshiva
tallied only two shots. The game would remain scoreless entering the second
half.
The Knights would make a line-up change for the second half and it would pay dividends. Freshman Kerry Ann Haughton (Springfield Garden/Queens, NY) would post six shots in the second half including the game winner in the 54th minute. Haughton stole the ball at the top of Yeshiva’s
box, raced to the goal and fired a strong shot that passed the keeper’s reach
and into the net.
The
Knights led in shots 14-4 and in corners 14-6. The win improved the team's record to 3-2 and set up a date for them in the championship game on Sunday, November 4, at 5 P.M. at Tibbetts Brook Park.
