SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

KING'S WOMEN'S SOCCER DOWNS ELMIRA, 2-1

WILKES-BARRE -- The host King's College women's soccer team broke open a scoreless game at the half with a pair of second half goals as the Lady Monarchs posted 2-1  victory over visiting Elmira College Friday night in the Betzler Athletic Complex.

With the win, King's improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 1997 squad opened the season with a 5-0 mark. Elmira, meanwhile, slipped to 1-1.

Alexandra Garrett took a lead pass from Erin Laird on the right wing and drilled a shot into the upper left corner of the net to give the Lady Monarchs a 1-0 lead with 42:50 left in the contest.

Ivy Nulton made it a 2-0 game when she scored off an assist from Amy Barge with 20:16 remaining.

King's fought off an Elmira scoring opportunity with 17:27 left in the contest when Jessica Natale made a diving stop of a penalty kick by Danielle Fournier to keep the score at 2-0.

Elmira, however, was awarded another penalty kick with 0:10 left and Janine Swanson made good on the attempt to get the Soaring Eagles on the board.

King's goalies Lauren Duguid and Natale played one half each with both making two stops.  The Lady Monarchs held a 12-6 advantage in shots while both teams took two corner kicks.

The Lady Monarchs will be idle until Wednesday when the Lady Monarchs travel to Alvernia for a 7:00 p.m. matchup in Reading.