PHILADELPHIA – With the score tied at 0-0 in the 79 minute, Brianna Pudlo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert) saved a penalty to secure what would eventually turn out to be a draw in the HFU women's soccer team's home-opener against New Haven on Wednesday evening at Tiger Field.
 
The graduate student dove to her left to stop the penalty from slotting into the corner, and she would then proceed to save two more attempts over the next three-plus minutes to keep the match deadlocked.  
 
The action was part of a stretch in which New Haven had the match's final seven shots while up a woman.
 
This came after HFU had nine of the first 11 attempts of the second period. 
 
Inside the Box Score

• Pudlo stopped all six shots she faced in her first shutout of the season
• The two teams were nearly even in attempts in the second half, 10-9
• Gianna Monaco (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and Alyssa Hooten (Pocono Summit, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) tied a match-high with three shots apiece, with Hooten registering one of HFU's two attempts on goal 
• Both of the Tigers' shots on goal came in the first half

 
How it Happened 
First Half

• Pudlo was forced to make the evening's first save late in the second minute
• Holy Family threatened late in the 13th as an initial shot by Monaco was blocked, before Hooten collected the rebound and fired the Tigers' first effort on net
• Hannah Florentino (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) also forced a save in the 21st, before Brynn Hess (Benton, Pa./Benton) shot high four and a half minutes later
• New Haven had the final the final seven shots of the half, including a late flurry that forced a save by Pudlo and a follow-up block in the 43rd

 
Second Half

• Holy Family came out with two attempts in the opening two minutes; one by Allison Loper (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy (Georgian Court)) and the other by Maura Kilkenny (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Little Flower)
• New Haven's only shot in the opening 20 minutes of the half came in the 50th
• The Tigers would register the next five attempts, and seven of the next eight, the final of which came from Monaco in the 67th
• Holy Family was forced to play with 10 following a 79th minute red card
• The Chargers pushed with three shots in the final 3:45, but none would threaten Pudlo's frame

 
Up Next
Holy Family takes 10 days off before traveling to Post for its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener on Saturday, Sept. 10.