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Engineers
Whitney Wisnom
Tim Skelding
Whitney Wisnom
1
Plattsburgh St. PSU (0-0-2, 0-0-0)
1
Rensselaer RPI (0-1-1, 0-0-0)
Plattsburgh St. PSU
(0-0-2, 0-0-0)
1
Final
1
Rensselaer RPI
(0-1-1, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Plattsburgh St. PSU 0 1 0 0 1
Rensselaer RPI 0 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Perry Laskaris, Athletics Communications Specialist

Women's Soccer Ties Plattsburgh, 1-1

Whitney Wisnom's first goal of the year earns Engineers home draw

TROY, N.Y. – Senior Whitney Wisnom scored the equalizing goal to help the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's soccer team to a 1-1 tie with Plattsburgh State University, on Saturday night at East Campus Stadium. With the draw, the Engineers move to 0-1-1 on the season, while the Cardinals are now 0-0-2.

Following a scoreless opening half in which Plattsburgh outshot the hosts 10-3, a breakthrough came in the opening moments of the second.

A cross from the right side looked to be in the hands of RPI freshman goalkeeper Sierra Skelding (Cary, NH / Panther Creek), but Cardinals senior striker Emily Frodyma (Watervliet, NY / Catholic Central) dislodged the ball and tapped it into the net for the go-ahead goal. Frodyma's first tally of the season came in the 46th minute.

Rensselaer answered quickly, as Wisnom (Hillsborough, CA / Design Tech.) latched onto a loose ball inside the Plattsburgh penalty area and calmly rolled home her first of the campaign, just inside the left post. Sophomore Bryanna Swinson (Troy, NY / Averill Park) sent a ball into the penalty area and caromed off a defender before falling to Wisnom on the right side. She took a touch to her right, before slotting past Plattsburgh junior keeper Julia Ennis (Carmel, NY / Kennedy Catholic).

In the 54th minute, freshman Brooke Miller (Spring, TX / Klein Cain) got into a shot from nearly 30 yards out that was tipped over the bar by Ennis. Eight minutes later, sophomore Helen Worden (Burlington, VT / Burlington) had a pair of shots, including one that forced Ennis into a diving stop.

Skelding and Ennis then traded big saves in the 82nd and 87th minutes, respectively, sending both teams to overtime or the second time this season.

Wisnom had a pair of chances midway through the first extra frame, but couldn't sneak either shot past Ennis.

RPI flipped the script outshooting the Plattsburgh 14-3 in the second half and overtime, including 6-1 in the extra 20 minutes.

Skelding (0-1-1) finished with six saves in her second collegiate start, while Ennis (0-0-2) had seven.

The Engineers are back in action tomorrow evening, when they host SUNY New Paltz (5pm). Plattsburgh visits Sage Colleges tomorrow (5pm).
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