ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Junior midfielder
Valeria Luzio scored two first-half goals to help the RIT women's soccer team defeat Bard, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at Judson Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Luzio opened the scoring in the 14th minute, finishing a feed from sophomore midfielder
Bella Coccio to give RIT a 1-0 lead.
• Just 32 seconds later, Luzio scored again in the 15th minute off an assist from sophomore midfielder
Sarah Tawaf, extending the Tigers' advantage to 2-0.
• Coccio made it 3-0 in the 19th minute, converting a pass from Tawaf.
• Junior forward
Eli Gonzalez scored in the 32nd minute off an assist from junior midfielder
Emma Watson to push the lead to 4-0.
• Watson added an unassisted goal in the 39th minute as RIT took a 5-0 lead into halftime.
• First-year midfielder
Isabel Guerrero scored her first collegiate goal in the 53rd minute off an assist from senior defender/midfielder
Sidona Hackl-Gerenstein, making it 6-0.
• Bard got on the board less than a minute later when Brooke Egrestis scored in the 53rd minute to account for the 6-1 final score.
GAME NOTES
• Luzio recorded her first multi-goal game of the season with her fourth and fifth goals of the year.
• Guerrero's goal was the first of her collegiate career.
• Watson finished with a goal and an assist, while Tawaf totaled two assists.
• Coccio totaled a goal and an assist in the win.
• RIT outshot Bard, 23-to-1, including a 15-to-1 edge in shots on goal.
• RIT finished with a 12-1 advantage in corner kicks.
• Four Tigers goalkeepers combined to allow one goal, with senior
Ashton Anderson, junior
Avery Donnelly, first-year
Allie Pickett and first-year
Tessa Wood all seeing action
• The win puts RIT at 6-5-3 overall and a conference record of 4-3-1.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT cloeses out the regualr season on Saturday (Oct. 31) at Skidmore at 2 p.m.
