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Complete
Box Score
EDINBORO, PA – Edinboro University women’s
soccer coach Gary Kagiavas knows all too well that soccer can be a
strange game. He was reminded of that as his Fighting Scots opened
the 2006 campaign this afternoon. Despite dominating play against
Shippensburg, Edinboro came up on the short end of a 3-2 decision
in the season opener for both teams.
Edinboro was unable to take advantage of
numerous scoring opportunities, while the Lady Raiders chances
were limited but they made the most of them. The Fighting Scots
held a 24-13 edge in shots.
Shippensburg scored just four minutes and 41
seconds into the match as Jamie Goetze knocked a long shot over
the head of goalkeeper Lisa Bartolowits (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler
Area), assisted by Rachael Jeffrey. The goal came with
Edinboro playing a man down due to an injury.
The score remained 1-0 at the half despite
Edinboro holding a 12-6 advantage in shots. The Fighting Scots
finally knotted the game at 1-1 at the 57:19 mark as Angie de
Almedia (Gibsonia, PA/ Pine-Richland) beat Shippensburg
goalkeeper Bethany Long from five yards out on the right side.
Freshman Maria Dembrow (Lockport, NY/Lockport) assisted on
the goal.
Shippensburg took a 3-1 lead with a pair of
goals in less than nine minutes. Jeffrey knocked a shot over
Bartolowits’ head from 15 yards out, assisted by Gayle
Knutzmann, to make it 2-1 at the 66:42 mark. Kuntzmann followed
with a goal at the 74:45 mark. Kellye Von Stetten passed to
Kristen McGoldrick, who found Kuntzmann in front of the goal.
Kuntzmann headed the ball in from 10 yards out to make it 3-1.
The Fighting Scots were not done, narrowing the
gap to 3-2 as the de Almeida-Dembrow combination scored again at
the 77:14 mark. This time de Almeida took a pass from Dembrow
following a turnover and scored from ten yards out. The junior
forward moved into a tie fir ninth place in career scoring with 34
points. Edinboro was unable to come up with the tying score.
Long was outstanding in goal for the Lady
Raiders. The sophomore recorded 11 saves. Bartolowits, in her
second career start, was credited with three saves.
Edinboro returns to action on Saturday, August
26, hosting California(Pa.) in its PSAC West opener. The match
starts at 1:00 p.m.
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