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Herons blank RPI to give Wilber 350th win
September 23, 2006
GENEVA, N.Y.—The William Smith soccer team gave Head Coach Aliceann Wilber her 350th career win today, as it downed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3-0 in a Liberty League match this afternoon. The Herons improve to 5-3-0 overall and 2-0 in the league, while the Red Hawks drop to 2-4-1 and 0-2 in the conference.
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The Herons doused Coach Aliceann Wilber following her 350th career victory. |
Sophomore Katie Compton (The Loomis Chaffee School/West Hartford, Conn.) netted the first goal for William Smith just over 11 minutes into the game off a pass from junior Laura Burnett-Kurie (Oyster River/Durham, N.H.). The Herons took a two-goal lead with 13 seconds left to play in the first half after senior Alex Rieben (Guilford/Guilford, Conn.) scored on a free kick, her second goal in as many games.
In the 71st minute, sophomore Rayza Santiago (Webster Schroeder/Webster, N.Y.) tallied her second goal of the weekend off an assist from junior Tracy Stankavage (Chittenango/Chittenango, N.Y.).
On the defensive end, senior goalkeeper Tara Marandino (Massapequa/Massapequa, N.Y.) recorded eight saves for the Red Hawks.
William Smith will be in action again on Sept. 30 when it hosts Hamilton for a league game at 2 p.m.