(Courtesy of New England College Sports Information.
Henniker, NH – Senior defender Jocelyn Martin (Somerset, Mass.) scored two goals in the final four minutes of regulation to lift the Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards over the New England College Pilgrims 2-1 Saturday afternoon in Henniker. The win snaps a five-game winless streak (0-4-1) and improves the Leopards to 2-5-1 overall and evens their conference record to 2-2-0. The loss drops the Pilgrims to 3-4-1 overall and 1-4-0 in the conference.
The two teams battled through a scoreless first half of play with the Leopards out shooting the Pilgrims 7-3 but NEC keeper Kerry Hughes (Wallkill, N.Y.) would come up with four saves to keep Wentworth off the board.
NEC’s Chelsea Bennett (New Glasgow, N.S.) would break the scoring drought connecting with her first goal of the season just 3:54 into the second half to give the Pilgrims the 1-0 lead. NEC would keep Wentworth off the board for most of the second half before Jocelyn Martin would even the game with a shot that angled off the post into the net at the 86:04 mark. Martin would come back to connect with her second goal of the game scoring off a nice pass from Erin Abdella (Southbury, Conn.) just 1:13 later lifting Wentworth to the 2-1 victory.
Picking up the win in goal for Wentworth was Kirsten Vallone (Avon, N.Y.) who finished the afternoon with four saves. In goal for NEC was Kerry Hughes (Wallkill, N.Y.) who recorded eight saves on the afternoon.
New England College will be back in action on Wednesday, Sept. 26 when they host conference opponent Curry College at 4:00 p.m. Wentworth returns to action Monday, Sept. 24 when they host conference opponent Curry College at 4:00 p.m.
Soccer Box Score (Final) 2007 Wentworth Leopard Soccer Wentworth vs New England College (09/22/07 at Henniker, N.H.) Wentworth (2-5-1, 2-2-0 TCCC) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot New England College (3-4-1, 1-4-0 TCCC) ------------------------------- Date: 09/22/07 Attendance: 113 Wentworth........... 0 2 - 2 Weather: sunny, mild New England College. 0 1 - 1 Wentworth New England College Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Fo Min Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Fo Min ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ GK 21 Kirsten Vallone..... - - - - - 90 GK 00 Kerry Hughes........ - - - - - 90 F 2 Allison Wellman..... 1 1 - - - 41 D 2 Meghan O'Shaughnessy - - - - 1 70 M 6 Brittany Boilard.... - - - - - 17 D 4 Stevie Hayes........ - - - - 1 35 D 8 Katherine Paul...... - - - - 1 36 M 6 Erin Clark.......... 1 1 - - 4 23 D 10 Mallory Prentiss.... - - - - - 88 F 7 Debbie Lyons........ 2 1 - - - 90 F 12 Katie Brown......... 1 1 - - 1 90 F 10 Chelsea Bennett..... 1 1 1 - 2 78 F 16 Sarah Norkiewicz.... 3 - - - 1 90 D 11 Brittany Wallace.... - - - - - 90 F 18 Madison Watson...... 1 1 - - - 53 F 14 Colby Grant......... 2 2 - - - 42 M 23 Megan Rogoff........ - - - - 3 90 D 15 Ashleigh Bakaian.... - - - - 1 38 D 24 Sam DeFoe........... 1 1 - - 1 90 M 16 Deanna Brayton...... - - - - - 36 M 26 Megan Quigley....... - - - - - 36 M 22 Alex Sacco.......... - - - - 1 90 ---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ---------- 3 Evelyn Hadden....... - - - - 2 36 3 Katie Haynes........ - - - - - 45 4 Martha Bergeron..... - - - - - 49 8 Audra Cyr........... - - - - - 48 7 Erin Abdella........ 1 - - 1 - 9 12 Amy Searle.......... - - - - 1 67 13 Jocelyn Martin...... 4 4 2 - 1 58 17 Jocelyn St. Marie... - - - - - 60 15 Jess Kruger......... 2 1 - - 4 64 20 Brittney Kaufman.... - - - - - 55 20 Aly Kane............ - - - - - 0 Totals.............. 6 5 1 0 11 22 Erika Hackett....... 2 2 - - - 56 Totals.............. 16 11 2 1 14 Wentworth New England College ## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 21 Kirsten Vallone..... 90:00 1 4 00 Kerry Hughes........ 90:00 2 8 TM TEAM................ 0:00 0 1 Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Wentworth........... 7 9 - 16 Wentworth........... 2 2 - 4 New England College. 3 3 - 6 New England College. 4 5 - 9 Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Wentworth........... 2 7 - 9 Wentworth........... 7 7 - 14 New England College. 0 1 - 1 New England College. 6 5 - 11 SCORING SUMMARY: GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 48:54 NEC Chelsea Bennett (1) (unassisted) through defender, bottom left 2. 86:04 WIT Jocelyn Martin (1) (unassisted) off right post 3. 87:13 WIT Jocelyn Martin (2) Erin Abdella CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS: YC-NEC #20 (73:07) Officials: Referee: R. Bennet-Centier; Asst. Referee: Marilee Nihan; Derek Stone; Offsides: Wentworth 1, New England College 2.