Thursday, September 2
Queens, N.Y.
7 p.m.
Lehigh University
1-3-0, 0-0-0
0
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4
St. John's
3-0-1, 0-0-0
1
2
F
Lehigh
0
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0
St. John's (NY)
1
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4
St. John’s Pulls Away in Win Over Mountain Hawks
9/2/2021 10:46:00 PM | Women's Soccer
QUEENS, N.Y. – The Lehigh women's soccer team held the nation's leading goal scorer entering the day without a shot on goal, but four Red Storm players scored their first goals of the season to defeat the Mountain Hawks, 4-0 on Thursday evening. Lehigh recorded the game's first two shots and four of the first seven, but St. John's opened the scoring in the 37th minute and wouldn't look back.
"There were a lot of really good moments," said Lehigh head coach Eric Lambinus. "We controlled the pace of play, especially in the first half. We gave up four goals, but the goals are just mistakes. They're individual mistakes. They're man-marking. They're things we can absolutely fix.
"With a young team playing against a really experienced team, they took advantage of some of our lapses."
Lehigh quickly opened the match with shots in the third and fourth minutes from freshman Hope Flanegin and senior Courtney Supp, respectively. The Mountain Hawks held strong through much of the first half, leading into their best scoring chances in the 35th minute. Off a corner kick, junior Julianna Bonner's header from in close looked ticketed for the far post, but was saved. Classmate Ryelle Shuey's follow-up chance a few seconds later was also stopped.
St. John's took the momentum of its defensive stand and turned it into the game's first goal just 2:16 later. It ended with Michelle Money barely beating Lehigh sophomore goalkeeper Violette Bonvallet inside the far post.
The Red Storm began the second half with five straight shots, which included scoring on its first chance in the 51st minute.
The score remained 2-0 into the 86th minute when Shuey fired a shot off a corner kick that was saved by St. John's goalkeeper Naya Lipkens. Less than a minute later, the Red Storm converted a rebound for a 3-0 lead in the 87th minute, then added a fourth in the 90th minute.
Final shots were 13-5 in favor of St. John's while the Mountain Hawks held a 3-2 edge in corner kicks. Bonvallet finished with two saves across Lipkens, who made three.
Preseason Big East Offensive Player of the Year Zsani Kajan, who led the nation with seven goals in three goals (behind three multi-goal games) was held to just three shots, none on goal.
"Are we upset we got beat by a pretty wide score? Yeah, but again there were a lot of really good things, especially in the first half," said Lambinus. "An away game, we came out and controlled it. We just gave up a goal at the end of the half that maybe deflated us and they came out with a lot more energy."
"It's little mistakes, so it's just owning those mistakes and focusing on what we do in training to fix them on a regular basis. That's how young teams become more mature."
The Mountain Hawks will return to action next Thursday when they host Wagner at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Like Lehigh Women's Soccer on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Gallery: (9-2-2021) Women's Soccer at St. John's, 9/2/21
"There were a lot of really good moments," said Lehigh head coach Eric Lambinus. "We controlled the pace of play, especially in the first half. We gave up four goals, but the goals are just mistakes. They're individual mistakes. They're man-marking. They're things we can absolutely fix.
"With a young team playing against a really experienced team, they took advantage of some of our lapses."
Lehigh quickly opened the match with shots in the third and fourth minutes from freshman Hope Flanegin and senior Courtney Supp, respectively. The Mountain Hawks held strong through much of the first half, leading into their best scoring chances in the 35th minute. Off a corner kick, junior Julianna Bonner's header from in close looked ticketed for the far post, but was saved. Classmate Ryelle Shuey's follow-up chance a few seconds later was also stopped.
St. John's took the momentum of its defensive stand and turned it into the game's first goal just 2:16 later. It ended with Michelle Money barely beating Lehigh sophomore goalkeeper Violette Bonvallet inside the far post.
The Red Storm began the second half with five straight shots, which included scoring on its first chance in the 51st minute.
The score remained 2-0 into the 86th minute when Shuey fired a shot off a corner kick that was saved by St. John's goalkeeper Naya Lipkens. Less than a minute later, the Red Storm converted a rebound for a 3-0 lead in the 87th minute, then added a fourth in the 90th minute.
Final shots were 13-5 in favor of St. John's while the Mountain Hawks held a 3-2 edge in corner kicks. Bonvallet finished with two saves across Lipkens, who made three.
Preseason Big East Offensive Player of the Year Zsani Kajan, who led the nation with seven goals in three goals (behind three multi-goal games) was held to just three shots, none on goal.
"Are we upset we got beat by a pretty wide score? Yeah, but again there were a lot of really good things, especially in the first half," said Lambinus. "An away game, we came out and controlled it. We just gave up a goal at the end of the half that maybe deflated us and they came out with a lot more energy."
"It's little mistakes, so it's just owning those mistakes and focusing on what we do in training to fix them on a regular basis. That's how young teams become more mature."
The Mountain Hawks will return to action next Thursday when they host Wagner at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Like Lehigh Women's Soccer on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Team Stats
LHU
SJU
Goals
0
4
Shots
5
13
Shots on Goal
3
6
Saves
2
3
Corners
3
2
Fouls
9
11
Scoring Plays
Michelle Money (1)
Assisted By: Isabelle Aviza , Kayla Mesaros
GOAL by SJU Money, Michelle Assist by Aviza, Isabelle and Mesaros, Kayla.
37:27
Brooke Boyd (1)
Assisted By: Michelle Money , Jessica Garziano
GOAL by SJU Boyd, Brooke Assist by Money, Michelle and Garziano, Jessica.
50:01
Maia Cabrera (1)
GOAL by SJU Cabrera, Maia.
86:14
Ava Collins (1)
GOAL by SJU Collins, Ava.
89:14
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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