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OFFENSE POWERS WOMEN'S SOCCER OVER POST UNIVERSITY
September 11, 2012

OFFENSE POWERS WOMEN'S SOCCER OVER POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, Conn. (9/11/12) The Dominican College women's soccer team exploded for five goals this afternoon in a 5-1 victory over Post University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at LaMoy Field. With the victory, Dominican improves to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while the Eagles fall to 0-5 overall and 0-3 in the CACC.

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Waterbury, Conn. (9/11/12)  The Dominican College women's soccer team exploded for five goals this afternoon in a 5-1 victory over Post University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at LaMoy Field.  With the victory, Dominican improves to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while the Eagles fall to 0-5 overall and 0-3 in the CACC.

The Eagles took an early 1-0 lead in the sixth minute of the contest, but the Lady Chargers tied the game in the 22nd minute on a penalty kick off the foot of junior midfielder Danielle Romano (Plainview, N.Y.).

Five minutes later an own goal gave DC a 2-0 lead and senior Jade Fletcher* (Ottawa, Canada) tallied her first goal of the year at 33:27 to give Dominican a 3-1 lead.

Olivia Antonopoulos (Baldwin, N.Y.) recorded her third goal of the season in the 51st minute and forward Melissa Messina (Hillsdale, N.J.) closed out the scoring with a goal off the assist from Danielle Klecha (Jamesburg, N.J.) for the 5-1 victory.

Goalie Veronica Iozzi (Chester, N.J.) made three saves in the win.

The Lady Chargers outshot the Eagles, 21-10, but the Eagles had a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks.

DC returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Georgian Court University.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.