#2 Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 1 - #3 SUNY ESF 0
#2 Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 1 - #3 SUNY ESF 0
RECORDS: #2 Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 15-3-1 - #3 SUNY ESF 11-3-2
LOCATION: 2015 USCAA Women's Soccer National Championship, Asheville, North Carolina
IN BRIEF: #2 Albany College of Pharmacy scores lone goal of the contest late to beat #3 SUNY ESF in the semi-finals of the USCAA Women's Soccer National Championship.
ON THE FIELD: In a rematch of the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's championship game, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (ACPHS) once again came out on top. The game was very much back and forth throughout the entire first half and much of the second. SUNY ESF outshot ACPHS 14 to 12 and also had two more shots on target. However, it was first team All-American Katie Benson from ACPHS that put away the winning goal in the 74th minute of the contest. The goal was Benson's 28th of the season, breaking Albany's all-time single season scoring record of 27, which has stood since 1998. For SUNY ESF, Bryony Striffler led the teamwith three shots on goal off of four attempts. ACPHS move on to their first women's soccer National Championship game in program history.
NEXT UP: #2 Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences will play #1 University of Maine – Fort Kent in the National Championship game at 11:30AM(EST) on Saturday. The two matched up in the semi-finals of the 2012 USCAA Championships, when it was last played in Asheville, NC. UMFK defeated ACPHS in the contest. SUNY ESF ends an outstanding season at 11-3-2.