SNHU Women Tie Le Moyne in Shootout

Penmen Play to 4-4 Draw with Non-League Foe

September 3, 2009

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Ariel Teixeira (Warren, R.I.) finished with two goals and two assists for Southern New Hampshire University as it played Le Moyne College to a wild 4-4 tie Wednesday afternoon at the Niland Athletic Complex.

Ariel Teixeira

Ariel Teixeira has five goals in the Penmen's first three matches this season. (Photo courtesy of SNHU Athletics)

The Penmen now stand 1-1-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Dolphins are 2-0-1 and 0-0-1 in the league.

SNHU held a 2-1 lead at halftime, but the Dolphins tied the game 8:27 into the second half when Christie Morano scored her second goal of the game off of a long free kick by Courtney Paddock. The Penmen reclaimed the lead just over a minute later when Emily Donahue (Bristol, R.I.) headed home a cross by Teixeira from five yards out for her first collegiate goal.

Teixeira gave the guests a 4-2 lead in the 62nd minute when she scored an unassisted tally.

Le Moyne cut the lead in half just over three minutes later when Morano scored her third goal of the game off from a feed by Molly Yaman. The Dolphins forced overtime with 1:16 left in regulation when Paddock converted a free kick from just outside the right side of the box.

Neither team could get much going in overtime, with two shots apiece in the first 10 minutes and no shots in the second extra frame.

Morano gave Le Moyne a 1-0 lead just 6:35 into the game when she beat Southern New Hampshire keeper Stef Young (Natick, Mass.) with a low shot. Teixeira made it 1-1 in the 26th minute when she redirected a free kick off the foot of Danielle Courtemanche (Glastonbury, Conn.).

The Penmen took a 2-1 lead 3:47 before intermission when freshman Kaleigh Roberge (Manchester, N.H.) scored her first collegiate goal. Roberge knocked in a long cross off the foot of Teixeira.

Teixeira has now totaled five goals over SNHU’s first three games after recording three goals and three assists as a freshman in 2008. She has had a hand in seven of the nine Penmen goals this season.

The four goals are SNHU’s highest output since scoring a 4-1 win over Stonehill Sept. 23 of last season.

Young and Le Moyne keeper Melissa Stevens each totaled four saves as the Penmen generated a slight 18-16 shot advantage. The Dolphins were able to post an 11-1 edge in corner kicks on the afternoon.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it hosts Pace University in a 4 p.m. contest at Larkin Field.