Albany, N.Y. ? Ashley Tirabassi scored her third goal of the season to lead the UAlbany women's soccer team to a 2-0 win over Delaware State on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Varsity Field. The victory gave the Great Danes a 5-10-3 overall record, making for the best finish in program history since moving to Division I in 1999.
UAlbany came out shooting in the first half, taking 22 shots, but were unable to beat Hornet's keeper Courtney Haas. The best chance for the Great Danes to tally came with just under 16 minutes to play in the half when Uju Ogbuawa sent a blast from the top of the box to the far post that sent Haas sprawling for the save. The teams would head into the break knotted at 0-0.
The Great Danes struck just over a minute into the second half when Diana Barrera stripped a DSU defender and fed a ball to the top of the box that Tirabassi finished to the top left corner. UAlbany would up its lead to 2-0 at the 63:23 mark when Teresa Boring scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season off of a Caitlin Mulligan corner kick.
UAlbany had an astounding 50-3 advantage in shots. Haas finished with 17 saves, while Maria Liguori was forced to only make one stop in her first shutout of the season for the Great Danes. Liguori played all 1702:50 minutes for UAlbany this season, making 109 saves.
The win over the Hornets snapped a four match losing streak for the Great Danes and cemented the second straight season in which the program saw improvement. UAlbany graduates eight seniors, who all saw action together for the first time this season over the last 10 minutes of the game.
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UAlbany (5-10-3, AE 1-7-0) 0 2 - 2
Delaware St. (2-13-2) 0 0 - 0
UAlbany: Scoring ? Ashley Tirabassi (1-0), Teresa Boring (1-0), Diana Barrera (0-1), Caitlin Mulligan (0-1). Goalkeeping ? Maria Liguori (90:00, 0 GA, 1 saves).
Delaware St.: Scoring ?None. Goalkeeping ? Courtney Haas (90:00, 2 GA, 17 saves).
Delaware State 0, UAlbany 2 (Oct 30, 2007)
Soccer Box Score
Soccer Box Score (Final)
2007 UAlbany Women's Soccer
Delaware State vs University at Albany (Oct 30, 2007 at Albany, N.Y.)
Delaware State (2-13-2) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot
University at Albany (5-10-3) -------------------------------
Date: Oct 30, 2007 Attendance: 43 Delaware State...... 0 0 - 0
Weather: Cool and Sunny University at Albany 0 2 - 2
Delaware State University at Albany
Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A
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GK 0 HAAS,Courtney....... - - - - GK 1 Maria Liguori....... - - - -
2 CHANG,Kelly......... - - - - 2 Meghan Garrity...... 3 1 - -
3 DINGMAN,Brianna..... - - - - 7 Teresa Boring....... 7 5 1 -
4 MATHIS,Kristen...... - - - - 8 Alicia Gibson....... 2 1 - -
6 SCHRANG,Allison..... - - - - 9 Uju Ogbuawa......... 15 3 - -
11 GRIFFIN,Brittany.... - - - - 10 Diana Barrera....... 6 2 - 1
13 MILLER,Danielle..... 1 - - - 11 Ashley Tirabassi.... 4 2 1 -
14 HONTZ,Leah.......... - - - - 13 Kate Finan.......... - - - -
17 BACHOO,Savitre...... - - - - 14 Melissa McGinley.... - - - -
21 RIDENER,Stephanie... - - - - 15 Caitlin Mulligan.... 2 1 - 1
25 THOMSON, Mica....... 1 1 - - 16 Jaclyn Rosada....... 5 2 - -
---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ----------
5 VICTORY,Jori........ 1 - - - 4 Sarah Morrell....... - - - -
7 JACKSON,Cali........ - - - - 5 Rachel Boles........ - - - -
22 GOURDINE,Ashlee..... - - - - 6 Danielle Ethier..... - - - -
Totals.............. 3 1 0 0 12 Adrienne Heady...... - - - -
17 Scovia Oraro........ 2 1 - -
18 Kelly McGuire....... - - - -
20 Jaclyn Schaaf....... - - - -
21 Kaylin Connolly..... 4 2 - -
23 Kayla Johnson....... - - - -
Totals.............. 50 20 2 2
Delaware State University at Albany
## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves
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0 HAAS,Courtney....... 90:00 2 17 1 Maria Liguori....... 90:00 0 1
TM TEAM................ 0:00 0 1
Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot
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Delaware State...... 2 1 - 3 Delaware State...... 9 9 - 18
University at Albany 22 28 - 50 University at Albany 1 0 - 1
Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot
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Delaware State...... 1 0 - 1 Delaware State...... 6 3 - 9
University at Albany 1 6 - 7 University at Albany 5 2 - 7
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description
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1. 46:13 ALBANY Ashley Tirabassi Diana Barrera steal from 10, thru to 11 shot left top
2. 63:23 ALBANY Teresa Boring (9) Caitlin Mulligan off corner shot blast high far post
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
Officials: Scorer: April Raynovich;
Offsides: Delaware State 0, University at Albany 0.
