CANTON, N.Y. – Junior goalkeeper
Joey Lyons was forced to make just one save as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's soccer team was forced to settle for a 0-0 draw at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday afternoon. With the tie, the Engineers move to 4-5-1 overall (1-1-1 Liberty League), while the Saints are now 6-1-2 (1-1-1 Liberty League).
Following an evenly played first 45 minutes, the Engineers picked up the pace in the second half and overtime, en route to outshooting the Saints 27-14, including 8-1 on goal.
Freshman
Whitney Wisnom and junior
Jacqui Richard combined for 11 attempts (4 on target), while
Emily Kaplan chipped in with four shots (2 on goal). Julia Mulhern paced the hosts with four attempts, though none found the frame of goal.
Both sides had early corners in the second stanza, but could not turn them into quality chances. A 56th minute corner from the right side found the head of a pair of Engineers, but neither could steer a shot on goal.
Rensselaer nearly took the lead in the 65th minute, when Kaplan got on the end of a ball played into the penalty area, but her left-footed shot rolled inches wide of the right post. Five minutes later, Wisnom found Kaplan streaking up the right flank. She took a shot with her right this time, flashing it across the face of goal and wide to the left.
Richard collected a partial clearance in the 87th minute and fired high over the bar. Then, in the dying seconds of regulation, the Engineers earned a pair of corners, but were unable to keep the match from going to overtime.
In the extra session, Rensselaer held a 7-4 shot advantage, including 4-2 in the final 10 minutes of play. St. Lawrence's best chance to score came in the 97th minute, when Mulhern had her shot blocked from six yards out.
Lyons (4-5-1) made one save earned her second clean sheet of the year, while Saints goalkeeper Samantha Allen (6-1-2) had eight stops at the other end of the field.
The Engineers are back in action on Saturday, when they host Union College on Saturday (1pm). St. Lawrence hosts RIT on Saturday (3pm).
