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| Abbigail White, from Wells, who scored her first collegiate goal, a penalty kick for Nichols College (photo courtesy of nicholsathletics.com) |
WELLS –
Abbigail White, of Wells, slammed home a penalty kick to
score her first goal for Nichols College. The tally wasn’t enough, however, as
Nichols fell to Emmanuel in overtime, 3-2.
Emmanuel senior Megan Zerba (Cumberland, R.I.) deposited a
feed from sophomore Amanda Roberts (Hudson, N.H.) just 1:51 into overtime to
lift the Saints past host Nichols, 3-2, on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in a
non-conference women’s soccer match. With the win, Emmanuel improves to 2-1-0
while the Bison move to 0-1-1 on the season.
Nichols struck first as junior captain Julie Monroe (Whitman,
Mass.) sent a free kick into the back of the net from 30 yards out 56 seconds
into the match for her first collegiate tally.
First-year player White extended the Bison lead with the
penalty kick that found the bottom right of the goal in the 13th minute. Less
than a minute later, Emmanuel converted on a corner kick as junior Lindsey
Garvey (Warwick, R.I.) knocked in a header that was put into play by senior
Lauren Foley (North Andover, Mass.). The Saints led 18-5 in shots and 4-0 in
corners for the frame.
In the 61st minute sophomore Alyssa Tosti (Douglas, Mass.)
drilled the ball into the post and collected her own rebound only to have
Emmanuel’s rookie goalkeeper Jenna Marcello (Hopedale, Mass.) made an
outstanding save. Emmanuel then
netted the equalizer as Garvey sent a long feed to junior Darcey Sullivan
(Dalton, Mass.) at 62:29. The second half saw a closer shot margin with the
visitors holding an 11-7 advantage as both squads took a trio of corner kicks.
Marcello (1-0-0) picked up the win for her scoreless relief
effort that included a pair of saves. Senior Jessica D’Ottavio (Pawling, N.Y.)
surrendered both markers in the opening half and made two stops.
Rookie Bison backstop Melissa Toomey (Saugus, Mass.)
collected a game-high 11 saves in the defeat.
Both squads returned to the pitch on Thursday, September 6.
Nichols hosted the United States Coast Guard Academy at 4 p.m. while Emmanuel
ventures to Fitchburg State for a 7 p.m. match.
