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Holy Family University Athletics
Header Claw
WSOC - Brianna Rock
Stephen Pellegrino
3
Winner Holy Family HFU (1-1-1, 1-0-1 CACC)
2
Concordia (N.Y.) CND-NY-W (1-2-0, 0-1-0 CACC)
Winner
Holy Family HFU
(1-1-1, 1-0-1 CACC)
3
Final
2
Concordia (N.Y.) CND-NY-W
(1-2-0, 0-1-0 CACC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Holy Family HFU 0 3 3
Concordia (N.Y.) CND-NY-W 2 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Rock Leads Tigers to 3-2 Victory at Concordia



Bronxville, N.Y. - Sophomore Brianna Rock (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to help lead the Holy Family University women's soccer team to a 3-2 victory over Concordia College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest on Saturday afternoon at Holtdorf Soccer Field.
 
Score: Holy Family 3, Concordia 2
Records: Holy Family (1-1-1, 1-0-1 CACC) | Concordia (1-2-0, 0-1-0 CACC)
Location: Bronxville, N.Y. (Holtdorf Soccer Field)
 
Goal Scorers
Maddi Paulson - CND (7') | M. Paulson - CND (15') | Ursula Coyle (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) - HFU (65') | Alyssa Christiansen (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) - HFU (67') | Brianna Rock (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) - HFU (83')
 
How It Happened
Holy Family scored three unanswered goals by three different players in the final 25:07 minutes of the second half to overcome a 2-0 deficit on the road. The Tigers' first goal of the game came in the 65th minute when senior Ursula Coyle (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) headed the ball into the back of the net off a cross pass from Rock.  Minutes later sophomore Alyssa Christiansen (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) collected a loose ball and launched a shot outside of 18 yards to record her first collegiate goal. Christiansen's score tied the game at 2-2 in the 67th minute.
 
The game remained tied up until the 83rd minute when Rock gave the Tigers' their first lead of the game with her second goal of the season.  Rock blasted home a rebounded ball initially shot by senior Ashley Shackleford (Burlington, N.J./Holy Cross HS) and saved by Concordia goalkeeper, Stephanie Wilczynski. Shackleford was credited with the assist.
 
From there, the lead appeared to be in good hands as the Holy Family defense held the Clippers without a shot for the final eight minutes of action.  In fact, Concordia's last official shot came in the 72nd minute. 
 
Concordia sophomore Maddie Paulson was responsible for both Clippers' goals as she tallied scores in the 7th and 15th minutes in the first half.
 
Inside the Box Score
Holy Family: Rock led the Tigers with three points on the afternoon with a goal and an assist.  Coyle and Christiansen each tallied their first goal of the season, while Shackleford chipped in an assist on the game-winning score.  The Tigers turned it on offensively in the second half.  After being held to just six shots the entire first 45 minutes of the game, Holy Family responded with 20 shots in the second half, including 11 on-goal.  Senior goalkeeper Sienna Smith (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Regional) finished with a pair of saves all coming in the first half.  The Holy Family defense held the Clippers to just three shots in the second half with none of them connecting on goal.
 
Concordia: Paulson scored both goals for the Clippers while freshman Jimena Garcia Risoto was credited with an assist on each score.  Paulson led the team with four shots with all four on target. 
 
All-Time Series
Today's game marked the seventh meeting all-time between the Tigers and Clippers.  With the victory, Holy Family remains undefeated in the all-time series with Concordia with a 7-0-0 record.
 
Next Up
Holy Family returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 14 as the Tigers travel to face Molloy College in a non-conference contest.  Game time is slated for 4 p.m. in Rockville Centre, N.Y.
 
 
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