2008 Woodie Awards
Lady Rams soccer continues toward top of PSAC
LJ Harrell
Issue date: 9/24/07 Section: Sports
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East Stroudsburg was able to get on the board first as sophomore Janel Cleffi scored on a pass from first-year player Kailyn Buckley off of a corner kick just seven minutes into the game.
West Chester was not able to get anything going until the 25th minute, when junior Brittany Yetter scored on a pass from senior Lauren Ginnona.
Both teams were held scoreless and the game went into an extra session.
Five minutes into overtime, freshman Sarah Oswald kicked in her ninth goal of the season on a pass from fellow freshman Jessica Bennett to give the Lady Rams their fourth consecutive victory. Oswald never let the ball hit the ground as she drilled it into the corner of the net.
On Thursday, the Lady Rams (7-1-1, 3-1-1 PSAC East) defeated PSAC East rival the Mansfield University Mountaineers (2-4-1, 2-2 PSAC East) 1-0. This was the Lady Rams fourth straight victory by one goal, and fifth straight win overall.
The first half was a back and forth affair. West Chester was on the attack throughout, but could not find the back of the net as Mountaineer goalkeeper junior Justine Segear stopped everything that West Chester threw at her.
Oswald and senior Danielle Gerz each presented the best scoring opportunities for the Golden Rams halfway through the first half. Oswald tried to and hit a header into the net, but Segear was right there to close the door. Gerz also couldn't connect as she had a free kick that landed into the hands of Segear again to keep the game scoreless.
"We have some great opportunities, we're just not finishing," Coach Betty Ann Kempf Townsley said. That can get frustrating. I think the fact that we keep playing and we are out there, and we come out with a win, that's a positive."
The second half started much of the same. West Chester continued to attack as they posted nine shots during the final half of play. In the 82nd minute, Christine Thurwanger was able to hit junior Brittnay Yetter to score her fifth goal of the season. The West Chester defense continued to play strong as they did not allow the Mountaineers to get any great scoring opportunities.
"Well, I think this was not a well played game for us at all. I don't think we played are best," Kempf Townsley said. I think that every team that comes here to play us will be up for the game and they always have a plan and they execute their plan and they continue to execute their plan." .
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