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SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Twenty-four shots later, the Susquehanna
women's soccer team found itself on the winning side of a 1-0
decision against Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday night in
Selinsgrove.
SU (1-5-0) racked up 24 shots, 13 on goal, while holding the
Nittany Lions (4-2-0) to just two shots all evening to pick up its
first win of 2013.
Nine different players had at least one shot apiece for the
Crusaders with Marissa DeParto (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Indian
Hills) leading the way with seven. Emily Firestone
(Dover, Pa./Dover Area) made her only shot in the game
count as she scored the game-winning goal early in the second half
in what also marked the first goal of her collegiate career.
Samantha Zuponcic (Mantua,
Ohio/Crestwood/Hiram) added three shots and assisted on
Firestone's second-half score.
Goalie Rachel Norbuts (Monroeville,
N.J./Woodstown) had to make just one save all evening as
only one of Penn State Harrisburg's two shots were on
goal.
Despite a scoreless first half, the Crusaders fired off 14 shots
to Penn State Harrisburg's 1. The Nittany Lions were held
without a shot for the first 39 minutes of the game.
The Crusaders had a flurry of potential scoring chances in the
closing minutes of the half with three corner kicks and six shots
over a seven-minute span but none found the back of the net,
keeping it scoreless at halftime.
Finally SU converted one of those shots into a goal when
Zuponcic's pass found Firestone directly in front of the net.
Firestone directed her shot past the Penn State goalie for the 1-0
Susquehanna lead with just under 29 minutes to play.
The Susquehanna defense held the Nittany Lions to only more shot
the entire game and had several opportunities to pad its lead,
including two shots by Kate Wiley (Sellersville,
Pa./Pennridge) within 45 seconds of each other in the
80th and 81st minutes.
Susquehanna is back in action on Saturday, Sept. 21 with a 1 p.m.
road game at Penn State Altoona.
