WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Brandeis University women's soccer team
struck first, but visiting Emory answered with three goals in a
nine-minute span the second half, including two by senior Whitney
Briggs (Alpharetta, Ga.) to take a 3-1 decision in University
Athletic Association action tonight. Emory improves to 13-3-1
overall, 4-1 in the UAA, while Brandeis slips to 9-7-1, 2-3 UAA.
The Judges opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Junior forward
Melissa Gorenkoff (Woodbury, N.Y.) received the
ball near midfield. She took a handful of dribbles and blasted a
shot from about 35 yards out under the crossbar and over the
outstretched arms of Eagle senior Sarah Wilkerson (Durham, N.C.).
Brandeis nearly opened up a 2-0 lead just before halftime, as
Gorenkoff dribbled to the end line, drew out the keeper and sent a
cross in front of the net. Unfortunately, rookie Alanna
Torre (Weston, Fla.) shot high with just 26 seconds left
in the half, and Brandeis owned a one-goal lead at the break. The
Judges outshot Emory, 8-6, and earned two corner kicks while not
allowing any.
Emory got the equalizer off a corner kick in the 64th minute.
Senior Grace Lam (Randolph, Mass.) got a head on a corner kick from
junior Talia Dweck (Washington, D.C.) and put it past Brandeis
rookie netminder Jaclyn Weinstein (Arcadia,
Calif.), who was making her first collegiate start. Briggs tallied
the game-winner just over 2:30 later, taking a feed from classmate
Alexa Wahr (Minnetonka, Minn.). Briggs turned and shot for her
fourth goal of the season. She added an insurance goal at the
72-minute mark when her left-footed shot from just outside the box
beat Weinstein to the far side. Junior Olivia Lezanski (Parsippany,
N.J.) got the helper. The Eagles outshot Brandeis, 15-8, in the
second half, earning a 21-16 margin for the game.
Weinstein finished with seven saves in the losing effort for the
Judges, while Wilkerson got the win with four stops.
Brandeis wraps up its regular-season home slate on Sunday at 11
a.m. against Carnegie Mellon University in another UAA contest.
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