Second-Half Surge Lifts Pace Past Women’s Soccer, 3-1

Second-Half Surge Lifts Pace Past Women’s Soccer, 3-1

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Redshirt-junior forward Sara Calvert (Apple Valley, Calif.) scored her first goal of the young season on Thursday evening, with the Concordia College New York women's soccer team going toe-to-toe with Pace University in the opening half before a pair of goals in the second half lifted the host to a 3-1 decision.

NOTES
• Concordia falls to 0-2.

• Pace improves to 4-0.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
Calvert took two shots with one on goal.

• Freshman midfielder Leigh-Ann Ramsay (Bronx, N.Y.) tallied an assist while taking two shots with one on target.

• Sophomore forward Jimena Garcia-Risoto (Madrid, Spain) took one shot on goal.

• Redshirt-sophomore keeper Sophia Cogan (Seal Beach, Calif.) stopped 11 shots in a complete game in goal.

• For Pace, Cecilia Puentes scored three goals with Isabal Villar, Carolina Ivanov and Grace Incledon all recording one assist.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
• Villar found Puentes in the 27th minute to give the host a 1-0 lead.

• Calvert received a pass from Ramsay in the 32nd minute and fired the ball past the Setters' keeper to even the score at 1-1.

• Pace reclaimed its one-goal lead in the 61st minute with Ivanov dishing the ball to Puentes.

• Puentes gave Pace an insurance goal in the 84th minute.


INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
• Concordia took five shots with three on target, Pace took 30 with 15 on goal.

• Pace took nine corner kicks.

• Pace received one caution.

 
UP NEXT
The Clippers venture to St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday, Sept. 14 for a 1 p.m. contest.

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