MEADVILLE, Pa. - Junior
Gabriella Piantadosi scored the game's lone goal in the 14th minute to lead the McDaniel College women's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Allegheny in the first round of the ECAC Division III Women's Soccer Championship.
The top-seeded Green Terror (10-3-6) picked up their 10th win of the season, its 11th in the last 13 with at least 10 wins.
The win also sent the team through to the semifinals for the fourth time in five ECAC championship appearances.
Piantadosi netted her second goal of the season and seventh of her career off a corner with assists credited to junior
Alexis Castro and senior
Carly Brock.The assist was the fifth of the season for Brock, tying her for the team lead with first-year
Hariette Ngwatung.
Meanwhile, Castro picked up her first point of the season in her career-high 13th game. She is the 16th different Green Terror to record a point this season.
After an evenly played first half in which each team had six shots, McDaniel held a 14-7 margin in the second half, but could not get an insurance goal as Alex Augustine made eight of her 10 saves in the final 45 minutes.
Sophomore
Sierra Ruehl had five saves for the Green Terror who picked up their 12th shutout in 19 games this season. Ruehl has eight of those.
McDaniel will take on fourth-seeded Pitt-Greensburg in the semifinals on Sunday hosted by Allegheny. Kickoff is set for noon.
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