Women's Soccer Defeats Queens, 2-1
Box Score FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 22, 2011) – The C.W. Post women's soccer team scored two goals in the first half and held off Queens in the second half to earn a 2-1 East Coast Conference victory over the Knights on Saturday afternoon.
The Pioneers improve to 8-4-1 overall and 4-2 in conference play while Queens dips to 7-6-1 and 3-2-1 in ECC action.
Alexa Niciforo (East Islip, N.Y.) got the Pioneers on the board at 35:25 when she took a feed from the left side and beat Allison Breakey from eight yards out.
Lina Harle (Lund, Sweden) doubled the lead less than five minutes later as she took a pass from Niciforo and chipped the ball over Breakey for a 2-0 lead.
Following the halftime break, it took the Knights 49 seconds to break up the shutout as Andrea Slavin hit a 12-yard shot into the top middle of the net on a Queens free kick.
But C.W. Post shut down the Knights the rest of the way as the Pioneers held on for the win.
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Allie Weiser (Grand Island, N.Y.) made three saves to earn the victory while Breakey stopped five shots for the Knights.
Up next, C.W. Post hosts Kutztown on Tuesday a 3 p.m.