Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill women's soccer team extended their current winning streak to two games on Wednesday afternoon defeating the visiting Bobcats of Bryant & Stratton College of Syracuse, N.Y. by a 2-1 margin in non-conference action. With the victory the Fighting Tigers improve to 2-9-1 overall on the season while the Bobcats fall to 3-3-1.
The Fighting Tigers scored first in the 23
rd minute of play when first-year midfielder
Miah Lathrop, Rochester, N.Y., Rush-Henrietta High School, hit a streaking sophomore midfielder
Jessica Carney, Hopkinton, N.H., Hopkinton High School, in stride with a perfect pass on a run down the far sideline to set up a perfect breakaway goal giving the home team a 1-0 advantage.
Cobleskill then took a 2-0 lead in the 39
th minute when first-year forward
Jojo Leubner, Marcellus, N.Y., Marcellus High School, connected on a direct kick from 30-yards out with the eventual game winning goal.
Throughout the contest the Fighting Tiger defense held tough stopping the Bobcats on seven corner kicks while sophomore goalkeeper
Dory Gosselin, Whitehall, N.Y., Whitehall High School, recorded 15 saves on the afternoon to put the game in the win column for the Orange & Black.
Cobleskill will return to North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action on Saturday October 14 when they travel to Marcy, N.Y. for a conference meeting with the Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute with kick-off at 1:00 p.m.
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