No. 15 Women's Soccer Rolls Past Molloy In ECC Semifinal, 5-1
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Nov. 5, 201) – The 15th-ranked C.W. Post women's soccer team got a balanced scoring effort and excellent defensive play as the Pioneers advanced past Molloy College, 5-1, in a semifinal matchup of the East Coast Conference women's soccer championships on a rainy Friday afternoon.
The Pioneers improve to 12-1-4 overall while Molloy ends its season at 6-10-1.
C.W. Post, the top seed in the tournament, struck first in the 12th minute as C.W. Post goalkeeper
Allie Weiser (Grand Island, N.Y.) took a goal kick that traveled to midfield, finding the feet of
Tove Eriksson (Helsingborg, Sweden). Eriksson took two touches and sent a through pass upfield to
Alexa Niciforo (East Islip, N.Y.). Molloy keeper Tricia Zarro came way out to defend the ball, but
Niciforo beat her to it and sent a long shot past Zarro into the empty net for a 1-0 advantage.
The Pioneers continued to apply offensive pressure, and it paid off in the 35th minute as sophomore midfielder
Prudence Rydstrom (Islip, N.Y.) took a free kick from about 25 yards out. The ball hit the crossbar, but rebounded to the right side where
Anna Svensson (Stockholm, Sweden) gained control and slid a pass to senior
Qaroline Nahl (Kumla, Sweden), whose sliding shot connected into the upper right corner for a 2-0 lead.
Coming out of halftime with a 2-0 lead, the Pioneers wasted little time in scoring again as Niciforo struck again just five minutes in to the second half a she took a ball tipped high by freshman
Jeanine Ambrogi (Greenlawn, N.Y.) and headed it past Zarro into the upper left corner for a 3-0 lead.
Molloy attempted to regain some momentum with a perfectly executed corner, where Kylie Barbosa took the corner from the left side and sent a cross right to Nicole Valentine, who headed the ball untouched into the top right corner, cutting the C.W. Post lead to 3-1.
However, it took the Pioneers less than eight minutes to respond as senior forward
Ivana Babic (Haninge, Sweden) made a long run up the right side and took a shot that rebounded off of Zarro, but quickly shot the rebound into the empty net for a 4-1 lead.
Senior midfielder
Danielle DeLuca (East Islip, N.Y.) rounded out the Pioneer scoring in the 73
rd minute as she made a run towards the end line and received a through ball from Babic. DeLuca drilled a shot from a tough angle on the right side, and placed it perfectly as the ball deflected off the bottom of the crossbar into the lower left corner of the goal to give C.W. Post an insurmountable 5-1 advantage.
Weiser was excellent in goal, making six saves as she punched away several high shots on the day. Zarro made seven stops in goal for Molloy, as the Pioneers outshot the Lions by a 21-12 count and took seven corners to Molloy's four.
The Pioneers await the results of this afternoon's 2:30 p.m. Bridgeport/Queens matchup to decide their opponent on Sunday afternoon.