October 21, 2014

Crusaders Defeats Eagles, 2-0

HUNTINGDON, PA- Juniata women’s soccer led visiting Susquehanna in shots 13-9 but the Crusaders made good on two of them to come away with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon at Winton Hill Field. SU improves to 5-9-2 overall while the Eagles are now 4-8-2. Both teams are 1-3-1 in the Landmark Conference.

Susquehanna

5-9-2, 1-3-1

Juniata

4-8-2, 1-3-1

Final	1	2	T
Susquehanna (5-9-2, 1-3-1)	0	2	2
Juniata (4-8-2, 1-3-1)	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

2nd - 71:25 - Samantha Zuponcic (Susquehanna)

2nd - 78:15 - Samantha Zuponcic (Susquehanna)

Game Leaders

Susquehanna

G: Samantha Zuponcic - 2

A: N/A

Sh: Samantha Zuponcic - 7

Sv: Jordyn Slocum - 7

Juniata

G: N/A

A: N/A

Sh: Shayna King - 5

Sv: Kerry Leonard - 3

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Susquehanna	Juniata
Shots (on goal)	9 (5)	13 (7)
Saves	7	3
Fouls	6	7
Corner Kicks	5	4
Offsides	0	1

Full stats

HUNTINGDON, PA- Juniata women's soccer led visiting Susquehanna in shots 13-9 but the Crusaders made good on two of them to come away with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon at Winton Hill Field. SU improves to 5-9-2 overall while the Eagles are now 4-8-2. Both teams are 1-3-1 in the Landmark Conference.

The two rivals were deadlocked in the first half. Both the Eagles and Crusaders had five shots. Juniata had two good chances in the 18^th and 24^th minutes but both attempts would be denied by Crusader goalkeeper Jordyn Slocum. Kerry Leonard (Cockeysville, MD/Maryvale Prep) also came up big for the Eagles as she had two saves.

In the second half, Shayna King (Easton, PA/Easton Area) had a pair of shots, one in the 48^th minute and another in the 63^rd, but both were off of the mark. Susquehanna would finally break the stalemate at 71:25 when Samantha Zuponic deposited a hard shot into the left corner of the net past Leonard to put the Crusaders ahead 1-0.

The Eagles continued to attack the SU zone. A corner kick by Devin Kos (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte Area) at 74:17 would find Lillian Dudek (Downingtown, PA/Upattinas School) who headed the ball just over the crossbar. Four minutes later, the Crusaders struck again when Alex Edelman kicked a high shot toward the goal that bounced in front of Leonard and to Zuponic who poked it in for the goal and a 2-0 Susquehanna lead.

Juniata fought to the end as it got off three shots in the final six minutes of play. Two of them would be saved by Slocum with the third a wide shot from the foot of Jessica Zavadak (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest).

The Eagles had seven shots on goal to five for the Crusaders. SU led in corner kicks, 5-4.

Juniata returns to the pitch tomorrow afternoon when travels to Cresson, Pa to face Mt. Aloysius in a non-conference match. Game time will be at 3:30 p.m.