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White, Saints hang on for women's soccer win over Skidmore

Posted 10/9/16

Kaleigh White's goal in the 83rd minute proved to be the difference, as the St. Lawrence women's soccer team held on for a 4-3 win over Skidmore in Saturday's Liberty League match on Sandy …

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White, Saints hang on for women's soccer win over Skidmore

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Kaleigh White's goal in the 83rd minute proved to be the difference, as the St. Lawrence women's soccer team held on for a 4-3 win over Skidmore in Saturday's Liberty League match on Sandy MacAllaster Field. The win snaps a two-game slide for the Saints.

White finished with two goals for the Saints, while Lindsay Geier and Katie Stames also scored for the Scarlet and Brown in the high-scoring affair. All three goal-scorers also tallied an assist on the day, as did first-year Emily Wade.

For the visiting Thoroughbreds, it was Jane Huber, Emily Mendes and Emily Saliterman that bested Saints' goalkeeper Samantha Allen, as Skidmore continually chipped away at the St. Lawrence lead.

"We always expect a high level of intensity during conference play and this was no exception," head coach Franco Bari said. "Skidmore came at us hard and we responded very well."

In the 15th minute, Geier collected the ball at midfield and hit White with a through ball 20 yards from goal. She split the defense, moved into the box alone and bested goalkeeper Alyssa Rollins for a 1-0 St. Lawrence lead.

Skidmore pulled even at 1-1 in the 31st minute with Huber's goal after she won possession from the Saints' defense on a short goal kick and fired a shot from 20 yards out into the middle of the net, with Allen diving towards the post.

But just before the half Geier regained the lead for St. Lawrence, converting a free kick from just outside the box in the 42nd minute. Wade rolled the ball forward on the step over and Geier hit a low shot through traffic that snuck into the far lower 90 to make it 2-1 in favor of the Saints.