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Women's Soccer Downed in First AMCC Match
Altoona, PA (9/24/11)-Women's soccer lost 7-0 at Penn State Altoona in their first conference match of the season
D'Youville will next face Pitt-Bradford September 27th. The match will be played at the West Seneca Soccer Complex (3747 Seneca St.' West Seneca, NY) and the start time is 4:00 p.m.
Women's Soccer Battles to a 1-1 Tie
Greenville, PA (9/17/11)-It looked like it was going to be high scoring afternoon between the D'Youville and Thiel women's soccer teams. A goal from D'Youville's Kayla Hartnett (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) in the fifth minute tied the game at 1-1. After that the teams played 114:26 of scoreless soccer and the non-conference match ended in a 1-1 tie after two overtimes.
Stephanie Lozzi (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston-Porter) assisted on the Hartnett's second of the season, and second in as many games. Spartan goalkeeper Christina Ventresca (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) made six saves.
D'Youville (1-4-1) plays at their AMCC opener September 24th at Penn State Altoona.
Four Goal First-Half Sends Spartans to Defeat
Buffalo, NY (9/14/11)-Under the lights at the Riverside Athletic Complex, the D'Youville College women's soccer team yielded three goals in a span of 8:36, two of which came 1:04 apart, and lost 4-2 to visiting Utica College.
Samantha Smith (Ilion, NY/Mohawk) scored her first of the season at the six-minute mark to tie the game at one and freshman Kayla Hartnett (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) scored her first collegiate goal in the fifty-sixth minute.
The next match for D'Youville is Saturday September 17th at Thiel College. Start time is 1:00 p.m
Women's Soccer Ends Weekend With Shutout Loss
Buffalo, NY (9/10/11)-Women's soccer out shot visiting Alfred University 15-4 and held a 7-4 edge in shots on goal but a Saxon tally in the 30th minute held up and D'Youville left on the short end of a 1-0 score.
Last night at Oswego State, Danielle Gehen (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) scored her fourth goal of the season in 4-1 Spartan loss.
The Spartans will play Utica College on their home turf at Riverside High School (51 Ontario St.; Buffalo, NY) Wednesday September 13th. Start time is 7:30 p.m.
Gehen Hat Trick Powers Women's Soccer to Win
Hanburg, NY (9/3/11)-An eight point afternoon from sophomore Danielle Gehen (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) propelled D'Youville to a 6-2 non-conference win over King's College. Gehen recorded her second career hat trick and assisted on two other goals.
Freshman Mallory Hojnacki (Hamburg, NY/West Seneca Christian) scored her first career goal and added an assist and freshman Kayla Hartnett (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) added a pair of assists for her first career points.
Also scoring goals for D'Youville were Stephanie Lozzi (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston Porter) and Gabrielle Kopasz (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter).
D'Youville (1-1) plays at SUNY Oswego September 9th then returns to Buffalo to face Alfred University September 10th at Riverside High School (7 p.m.).
Women's Soccer Defeated in Season Opener
Hamburg, NY (9/2/11)-D'Youville College opened the 2011 season with a 5-0 loss to visiting Grove City College. Stephanie Lozzi (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston-Porter) recorded a team-high three shots on goal.
D'Youville (0-1) will play King's College tomorrow (Sep. 3) at 2:00 p.m. The non-conference match will be played at the Lakeview Road Recreation Area (aka Nike Base) in Hamburg, NY
Women's Soccer Captains Announced
Buffalo, NY (8/29/11)-D’Youville College women’s soccer Head Coach Lew Potter has named seniors Stephanie Lozzi (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston-Porter) and Gabrielle Kopasz (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) as team captains for the 2011 season.
This is the second-straight season in a captains’ role for Lozzi who is coming off a career best year in 2010. Last season Lozzi totaled 10 goals and 26 points and was First-Team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference selection. In three seasons as a Spartan Lozzi has 23 goals and 54 points, good for second on the program’s all-time scoring list.
Kopasz is in her second season with D’Youville after playing two seasons at Daemen College. In 2010 Kopasz played in 15 games and anchored a defensive corps that recorded a single-season program-record three shutouts.
“Our captains set the tone for our team with their experience and leadership,” Potter says.
DYouville opens the season with a pair of matches in Western New York. September 2nd they face Grove City College at 4:00 p.m. at Hamburg High School and September 3rd the Spartans play King’s College at 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeview Road Recreation Area in Hamburg, NY.
Here is the link to the entire 2011 schedule.
Poll Has Spartans Picked for Fourth
Buffalo, NY (8/2/11)-In the 2011 preseason poll conducted by the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference women's soccer coaches, D'Youville College was picked to finish fourth in the conference.
The Spartans went 5-4 in AMCC play last season, qualified for the AMCC Tournament, and recorded the program's first-ever winning record with an 11-7 overall mark.
"I think it's a sign of the respect our program is gaining," said Head coach Lew Potter. "Last year the AMCC coaches picked us to finish ninth out of ten teams."
Potter was the 2010 AMCC Coach of the Year and is entering his third season at the helm for the Spartans.
D'Youville will open the season Friday September 2nd versus Grove City College.
