WALTHAM, Mass. - Sophomore forward Tiffany
Pacheco (Rehoboth, Mass.) tallied her second goal of the
season in the 38th minute today as the Brandeis
University women's soccer team defeated Gordon College, 1-0, in the
Judges' home opener.
After Brandeis (2-0) junior
Melissa Gorenkoff (Woodbury, N.Y.) hit the post in
the 23rd minute, the Judges finally broke through at the
37:13 mark. Rookie midfielder Kaitlin Oldfield
(Raymond, N.H.), who had checked in moments before when a teammate
left the field with an injury, chipped a ball over the defense.
Pacheco was able to beat Gordon (0-2) junior netminder Abby Ytzen
(Des Moines, Iowa) to the ball and knock it home for the
game-winner.
Brandeis outshot Gordon, 10-2, in the second half, but Ytzen
made five of her seven saves after the intermission to keep the
Fighting Scots in the game. That included two stops on Pacheco
shots in the 66th and 69th minutes.
Brandeis junior goalie Hillary Rosenzweig (Boca
Raton, Fla.) made three stops to record her sixth-straight shutout,
dating to last season.
The Judges are next in action on Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
against UMass-Boston, while Gordon hosts the University of Southern
Maine at 1 p.m. in their home opener on the same day.
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