Box Score RUTHERFORD, NJ- Felician University's women's soccer team was downed by Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference opponent, Dominican (NY) University, 2-1, Tuesday afternoon at Tryon Field.
Goalkeeper, Karlie Cabrera (Suwanee, GA), was the backbone of the Golden Falcon's defense as she recorded 11 saves on the day on 13 Charger shots on goal.
The Chargers outshot Felician by a whopping 23-7, however, Felician shined a little light on its offense in the second half taking 6 of their 7 shots, 2 of them being on goal.
In a lopsided first half, the Dominican offense took charge, but was not able to convert any of its shots to goals. At the 24-minute mark, Stephanie Turi (Wood-ridge, NJ) was the only Golden Falcon to record a shot, but resulted wide, leaving the first half scoreless on both ends.
Just a few minutes into the second half, it didn't take long for the Felician defense to give way at the hefty offensive presence of its opponent. The first goal of the match was by Dominican, red shirt Sophomore, Kaitlyn Zeeb, assisted by Isabella Wysocki. But 2 minutes later, the Golden Falcons answered back with a goal of its own by Briana Franco (Totowa, NJ), her 3rd of the season, off a double assist by Lindsay Whaley (Subic Bay, Phillipines) and Katinka Ummels (Urmond, Netherlands) to tie the match 1-1.
The tied score was short lived as Dominican took back the lead on a Mathilde Skovbakke header from a corner kick by Isabella Wysocki, her second assist of the day, to extend the Charger lead, 2-1. In just a span of 5-minutes, 3 goals were recorded in favor of Dominican, which ultimately led to the final score of the match.
Turi ended the day with 2 shots, one on goal, and Ummels, Whaley, Kate Braun (Long Branch, NJ), and Darla Kertesz (Paramus, NJ) all recorded a shot for the Golden Falcon offense.
The Felician women's soccer team drops to 2-10-2 overall and 1-7 in CACC. They are on the road to Wilmington (Del.) on Saturday for another CACC match-up at noon.
