Sept. 13, 2005
Box Score | Team Stats
Emmitsburg, Md. - All-Patriot League forward Meggie Curran (Silver Spring, Md.) scored a pair of goals and assisted on a third, leading the Navy women's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Mount St. Mary's Tuesday afternoon at the Mount St. Mary's Soccer Field. The five-point effort by Curran moved her into seventh place on Navy's all-time points scored list with 61, hurdling Nadia Sheikh (1999-02, 57 pts.) and Michelle Nance (1996-99, 59 pts.).
Navy dominated the game with its high-powered offensive arsenal and a defense which held Mount St. Mary's to just five shots. The Mids pelted the Mount's keeper Anna Lebo with 24 shots, including 11 on goal. Meanwhile, the win marked the Mount's first home loss in five games.
"We played with high intensity and pressured them for the entire 90 minutes," said Navy head coach Carin Gabarra. "Our fitness really made a difference in the game, as well as our depth, and by the end of the game Mount St. Mary's looked tired. "
Curran scored the opening goal of the game in the 11th minute where she was on the receiving end of what could be considered her own serve. The third-year starter took the corner kick for the Mids which was cleared out in a scrum. The ball sailed in her direction where she powered in the game-winning goal from 25 yards out.
Navy tacked on a second goal four minutes later when Curran found teammate Molly Burd (Englewood, Colo.) streaking up the middle and Burd sent the ball past Lebo. Curran salted the game away with her second goal of the contest with Burd returning the favor on the previous goal. Freshman forward Iris Boivin (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Burd work together to string a ball to Curran who again shot the ball from up the middle.
Keepers Haley Crain (Friendswood, Texas) and Austin Jones (Nashville, Tenn.) split time in the net with Jones stopping all four of the Mount's shots on goal.
Navy heads into this weekend with a 4-1-2 record and with its televised contest against Stanford just a week away.
"We are where we want to be with two games remaining before the Stanford contest," Gabarra pointed out. "We've placed our focus on the five games prior to Stanford and working to improve for that contest. Our effort is there and we are starting to become more comfortable playing together."
The Mids travel to New York this weekend to take part in the Governor's Cup at the University of Albany. The Mids open the tournament against the host Friday at 4 p.m. and close out action Sunday at 1 p.m. against Siena. Navy owns a 1-0-0 record against the Great Danes, defeating Albany, 7-2, in October of 2002. Meanwhile, Sunday's contest against Siena is the inaugural meeting between the two soccer teams.
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