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November 06, 2009
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Women's soccer earns playoff trip with victory
Senior goalkeeper Alyssa Kemmerer made a game-high eight saves and recorded a stop on a post-game penalty kick to get her ninth shutout of the season, improving on her own record set earlier in the season. She made three of those saves in overtime to keep the game scoreless after 110 minutes of play. This led to an alternating best-of-10-chances penalty kick shootout. Drew went first, with its first three shooters converting a goal. Senior tri-captain forward Abby Montgomery, junior defender Samantha Farina and freshman midfielder Gabrielle Magenta scored in that order for Susquehanna (7-7-4 overall). The next shooter for Drew did not make goal, allowing junior defender Colleen Kelly to put the Crusaders ahead by one shot. Kemmerer then stopped the next shot to end the shootout, 4-3. Susquehanna is now one win away from taking the Landmark Championship title. This year, the Landmark champions will be given an automatic invitation to the NCAA Division III championships for the first time. Susquehanna will face No. 1-seeded Catholic (16-2-1 overall) after defeating Scranton by a score of 3-2 in the other conference semifinal game. This is Susquehanna's first trip to the Landmark playoffs, while Catholic has appeared in all three Landmark postseasons and lost to Moravian in the conference championship game last year. Susquehanna and Catholic played each other in the regular season, with Catholic winning 3-0 on Sept. 26. Susquehanna 0, Drew 1 Kemmerer made two saves on the day, but it was not enough to keep Susquehanna from falling 1-0 to Drew at Ranger Stadium on Oct. 31. Drew was able to score the winning goal 3 minutes, 10 seconds into the second half. "The goal that Drew scored was a great shot and occurred due to a communication breakdown that allowed their forward to get herself in a position to shoot," Head Coach Kathryn Kroupa said. "Overall the game was very close and they managed to come out on the positive end." Susquehanna sophomore midfielder Samantha Price and junior forward Allison Chavers each took a shot on goal for the Crusaders. Drew held the edge in corner kicks, 5-4, and shots on goal, 9-2. "I am very confident in our team and the way we can play. I know they will come out and play a better and smarter game against Drew on Wednesday and they know they can play this team evenly. It's the playoffs and anything can happen and I know our team is ready for it," Kroupa said. Susquehanna plays at Catholic tomorrow in the Landmark Conference Champ-ionship game at the CUA Soccer Field at 11 a.m. The Susquehanna women's soccer team will lose five seniors to graduation at the end of the season: Julie Yeagley, Alyssa Kemmerer, Tory Weiss, Abby Montgomery and Alicia Muldoon. "The seniors have been great contributors to our program over the last four years, not just as great players but also because they are great people," Head Coach Kathryn Kroupa said. "They have been great leaders and inspirations to our younger players, particularly in this their senior season." Yeagley is a defender and tri-captain from Spring Mills. She attended Penns Valley High School. She has played in every game this season, contributing one assist. The lone goal of her career came during the 2007 season. Yeagley is a communications major with a public relations emphasis. Kemmerer is a goalkeeper from Berwick and attended Berwick Area High School. She started every game this season and has made 123 saves for a save percentage of .804. She has broken the school record of seven shutouts, with nine this season. Kemmerer is a liberal studies elementary education major. Weiss, a forward and tri-captain from McLean, Va., attended Langley High School. She has played in every game this season, recording one goal and an assist. Weiss is a liberal studies, elementary and early child education major. Montgomery is a tri-captain, plays forward and is from Hughesville, where she attended Hughesville High School. She has started every game and leads the team in goals this season with six and has scored a total of 21 in her career. She is a business administration major with a marketing emphasis. Muldoon is a midfielder from Robesonia and attended Conrad Weiser High School. She has played in 32 games in her career and has recorded two assists. Muldoon is a communications major with a corporate communications emphasis. "The seniors will definitely be a great loss to us because they are such good players and such wonderful young women," Kroupa said. "Unfortunately, it is a part of the collegiate game and so we will look forward to them staying in touch as alums and will look forward to our juniors stepping up and becoming the next class of seniors for our program," she added. |
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