Box Score

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's soccer team battled The College at Brockport to a 2-2 double-overtime draw in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on a rain-soaked Saturday at the New Turf Field.
 
The Hawks move to 6-5-2, 0-2-2 SUNYAC and will host SUNY Plattsburgh on Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. The Golden Eagles, meanwhile, move to 6-3-1, 1-2-1 SUNYAC and host Utica College on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.
 
Leading the New Paltz attack were senior defender Bryce Kristall (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West) and senior midfielder and team captain Eleni Anselmi (Garnerville, N.Y./North Rockland), who both tallied goals and a team-high five shots apiece for the Hawks. Freshman goalkeeper Katelyn Cordero (Airmont, N.Y./Suffern) recorded eight saves on the afternoon, facing a total of 18 as the Hawks fired off 21 shots and held a 10-4 advantage in corner kicks.
 
The Hawks scored the opening goal in the 24^th minute as Kristall headed in a corner from junior midfielder Kristina Gandolfo (Merrick, N.Y./Sanford H. Calhoun) for her first goal of the year and second of her career to give New Paltz a 1-0 lead. But the Golden Eagles netted the equalizer in the 40^th minute as the match headed to intermission knotted at 1-1.
 
In the second half of play, Anselmi scored her third goal of the year and 11^th of her career on a break away, one-on-one with the Brockport keeper, firing a shot in the left side to hand the Hawks a 2-1 edge with less than ten minutes in regulation. But the lead was short lived as Brockport responded with the tying goal in the 86^th minute.
 
New Paltz nearly won the match in the waning seconds of regulation with a flurry of shots, including a header by senior midfielder Sarah Painter (Blue Point, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) and a shot by Anselmi that sailed just high of the cage.
 
The teams then headed to extra time where the Hawks would outshoot the Golden Eagles 3-1 but could not find the back of the net. New Paltz then won the tie-breaking penalty kick shootout, 4-2, as Gandolfo, Kristall, Anselmi and sophomore midfielder Skye Kaler (Charlton, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) all converted and Cordero came up with a crucial save.