Women's Soccer Reaches 10-Win Mark With Senior Day Triumph Over Washington Adventist

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Celebrating Senior Day and Stomach Cancer Awareness Game, the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's soccer team downed Washington Adventist University, 5-2, on Sunday, October 19th at Aviator Sports and Events Center.

Fresh off of Wednesday's 15-0 victory, the Lady Bears (10-3) looked to stay in the win column on a day they celebrated the careers of seniors Shannon Rom (Breezy Point, N.Y./Bishop Kearney), Daniela Semilia (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney), Melissa Maloy (Staten Island, N.Y./St. John Villa) and Nicole Farinella (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport) in their final home games in a Lady Bears uniform.

But Washington Adventist (1-6) jumped on St. Joseph's early. They opened the scoring in the 7th minute off of an unassisted goal by Aaliyah Payton. Before Shannon Fahy (Breezy Point, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) leveled the game with her 19th goal of the season in the 15th minute. Four minutes later, the Shock put the Lady Bears back in a hole on a Karis Powell strike.

After twenty minutes of scoreless play, the Lady Bears turned the tide by netting two quick goals in the space of three minutes. First, in the 39th minute, Cansu Usta (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton) put away her NCAA-leading 31st goal of the season helped by a midfield cross from Rom. Shortly after, Pamela Chernyakhovsky (Brooklyn, N.Y./Leon M. Goldstein) gave St. Joseph's a 3-2 lead heading into intermission and the Lady Bears never trailed again.

The Lady Bears rode the momentum into the second half. Helped by Chernyakhovsky's sideline cross Rom scoring on Senior Day less than 10 minutes into the second half. The Lady Bears maintained the two-goal lead for the remainder of the period, but with just seconds remaining, Suzanne Nordbo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall) took advantage of the Shock's desperate offense and netted her first career goal, sealing St. Joseph's 5-2 victory.

St. Joseph's maintained a 25-15 shot differential for the contest and Farinella made nine saves to earn the victory in net.

The win pushed the Lady Bears to 10-win mark for the first time in program history.

Coming off two consecutive victories, the Lady Bears will take on Berkeley College at Aviator Field on Thursday, October 23rd at 6:15 p.m. in their HVIAC regular season finale.