Box ScorePurchase, NY (Oct. 30, 2014) – In the final game of the 2014 season, the Purchase women's soccer team bid farewell to five of the program's finest in a Senior Night game against non-conference Brooklyn College Thursday evening. Despite an early lead, the Panthers went on to lose to the visiting Bulldogs, 2-1.
Celebrating their final game in the royal blue and orange, tri captains
Amanda Maertz (Holbrook, NY), Natalie Lavelanet (South Salem, NY),
Gia Sergovich (Watervliet, NY), along with
Melissa Valencia (Medellin, Columbia) and
Cynthia Hernandez (Baure, MD) were honored with a pregame Senior Night ceremony. This is the first time since 2010 that the women's soccer program graduated such a large senior class.
Less than two minutes into the game, rookie ace
Emily Saltman (FR/Huntington, NY) opened up the scoring off a through pass from Sergovich. Saltman dribbled into the 18-yard box and ripped a shot to the far post.
Brooklyn evened the score at 38:15. Bergelie Louis took advantage of a loose ball at the top of the 6-yard line to earn the unassisted goal.
Despite an 8-2 Panther lead in shots, the score remained 1-1 at the end of the first half.
Just two minutes after the second half whistle, Brooklyn's Sayla Flores scored off a free kick to lead the Bulldogs to victory.
Purchase's only opportunity in the final 45 was a shot taken by
Leah Woods (FR/Saratoga Springs, NY) but was saved by Brooklyn's goalkeeper Rebecca Harmata. Earning the win for the Bulldog's, Harmata made four saves in the 90 minutes of action.
In net for Purchase,
Briana Leon (SO/Glen Cove, NY) totaled six saves as she capped her debut campaign with an overall record of 2-6.
Purchase concludes the 2014 season with a 3-5 Skyline Conference record and 7-10 overall.
