NEW YORK — The Columbia girls’s soccer crew led on two separate events however La Salle discovered a technique to equalize each instances, as the 2 sides performed to an entertaining, 2-2, draw Wednesday evening in non-conference motion at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium.
Substitutes Annie Diaz-Silveira and Mia Ferrentino have been the objective scorers for Columbia (5-3-2). Diaz-Silveira netted her second of the season, giving the Lions the breakthrough and the lead on the half. After La Salle leveled eight minutes into the second half, Mia Ferrentino bought to a free ball in the penalty space to slip dwelling her third profession objective and put Columbia again on prime.
The lead lasted 36 seconds. La Salle (6-6-1) gained a penalty kick on the 77:57 mark for a foul in the field on Ricshya Walker. Alyssa Gargiulo stepped as much as take the penalty and slotted it completely contained in the left submit to convey the match to its eventual last.
The 2 sides mixed for 24 photographs. Columbia took 13 of them, six on objective, together with seven photographs off the foot of Kat Jordan. Her 78th-minute help on Ferrentino’s objective got here after she despatched in a free kick from 35 yards that bounced off the foot of a La Salle defender. The deflection despatched the ball towards the far submit, the place Ferrentino slid in and slammed it into the again of the web.
GOAL LIONS! Give it to Mia Ferrentino after the scramble on the ball despatched in by Kat Jordan!
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— Columbia Ladies’s Soccer (@CULionsWSOC) October 6, 2022
Diaz-Silveira’s 36th-minute tally to open the scoring got here on a heads-up play by the junior. As soon as once more, it was Ferrentino who was additionally concerned, taking part in a ball into the field that bounced off one Explorer defender and was managed by Gargiulo. With the ball rolling towards objective, Gargiulo unsuccessfully tried to field out Diaz-Silveira. As a substitute, Diaz-Silveira snuck her foot between Gargiulo’s legs and tapped the ball previous goalkeeper Jordynn Staliard for her second objective of the season.
For the Lions, goalkeeper Liz Matei had two saves on the night. Each of her stops got here in dramatic style, tipping one shot off the crossbar and diving to avoid wasting one other late in the second half. Staliard and Michela Auguadro mixed for 4 saves for La Salle.
Columbia 2, La Salle 2
What a save by Liz Matei to maintain this match stage! Off her hand after which off the crossbar.🖥️ https://t.co/BO7zCY8y7g
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— Columbia Ladies’s Soccer (@CULionsWSOC) October 6, 2022
With non-conference play in the rear-view mirror, Columbia turns its consideration to Ivy League competitors. The Lions will go to Penn (3-1-7) this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff at Penn Park.
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