Assumption Women Topple SNHU

Greyhounds Come From Behind in Victory

October 8, 2008

Tina Gillen scored twice in the second half to lead Assumption College to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over No. 18 Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10 women’s soccer Tuesday night.

The Greyhounds improved to 6-5-1 and 3-4-1 in league play, while the Penmen saw a six-game unbeaten streak snapped and are now 6-2-2 and 5-2-1 in the league.

SNHU held a 2-1 lead at halftime and carried that lead into the 64th minute when Gillen tied the game after she collected a feed off the head of Kelley DeWalt and put it inside the left post. Gillen would then score the game-winner with 3:26 left in regulation when she lifted a shot over diving SNHU keeper Stef Young.

Southern New Hampshire got on the board first, taking a 1-0 lead just over 18 minutes into the game when Sophia Saint Paul scored her seventh goal of the season when she went one-on-one with Greyhound keeper Lauren Keating and put a shot inside the left post. Ariel Teixeira assisted on the goal.

Assumption would tie the game at the 37:39 mark when DeWalt scored her fifth goal of the season, but the Penmen would reclaim the lead 1:15 later. Kristina Cardoso took a feed from Emily Donahue and beat Keating with a shot to the right post.

Keating turned aside five shots for Assumption as her team was out-shot by the Penmen 12-10. Young made a pair of saves for the Penmen.