September 8, 2007

Malone Defeats Taylor 1-0

 
 
The Malone College women's soccer team earned its first victory of the season in a 1-0 shutout at Taylor University on Saturday (September 8th).  The Pioneers and the host Trojans battled to a 0-0 tie through the first half before Malone's Katie Heckman (Fr., Mars, PA) scored the game winner and only goal of the entire contest off an assist from Ashley Dennerlein (Jr., Baden, PA) to give the Pioneers the 1-0 victory.  Malone held a 15-14 edge in shots on goal while Pioneer goal keeper Merisa Salazar (Jr., San Jose, CA) played the entire game and collected 11 saves to earn the shutout win.  The Taylor keeper posted five saves.  With the win, the Pioneers improved their overall record to 1-2-0 (0-0-0 AMC N) while Taylor dropped to 1-2-0.
 
The squad will next host its home opener, an AMC North match-up with Notre Dame (OH) College (4-0-1, 0-0-0 AMC N), on Wednesday (September 12th) at 5:00 p.m.
 
 
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