Bridgeport. Conn. - The top-seeded University
of Bridgeport women’s soccer team advanced to the 2013 East
Coast Conference Championship Tournament Final with an impressive
3-1 win over the visiting fourth-seeded Pioneers of LIU Post on
Thursday evening at Knights Field. The Purple Knights will
now host the number two seed, Mercy College Mavericks at 11:00 a.m.
on Saturday, November 9 to decide the 2013 ECC Women’s Soccer
Championship. Saturday’s winner will receive an
automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship
Tournament that will begin on Friday, November 15.
Bridgeport, ranked number 23 in the nation by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America, heads into Saturday’s ECC
Final with a 16-2-0 overall record and a perfect 9-0 mark at
Knights Field. LIU Post is now 13-5-0 overall.
Bridgeport did all of its scoring in the first half, as sophomore
Flo Gamby (Goffs Oak, England) got UB on the scoreboard first when
she headed home a free kick from freshman Tabea Rauschenberger
(Mühlacker, Germany) for her ninth goal of the season at the
33:29 mark.
Sophomore Gabby Reis (West Haven, Conn.) scored what proved to be
the game-winning goal at the 38:25 mark when she put home her third
goal of 2013 when she picked up a loose ball off a scramble in the
18-yard box.
Junior Danielle Puddefoot (Slough, England) wrapped up the scoring
for the Purple Knights in the opening half when she connected on
her team-leading 13 goal of the year as she floated home a long
shot to the upper right corner of the Pioneers’ net.
LIU Post spoiled Bridgeport’s shutout bid with just under 10
minutes to play in the match when freshman Julia Backman fired home
a free kick for fifth goal of the year at the 80:49 mark.
Pioneers’ goalkeeper Hreffie Agnarsdottir made seven saves
facing 14 UB shots, and Bridgeport senior goalie Julia Hansson
(Tockfors, Sweden) made two saves facing 12 Pioneers’ shots
to pick up her sixteenth victory of the season.
Bridgeport will be looking for its first East Coast Conference
title since 2009.
Provided by the Bridgeport Sports Information Department.
