William Smith Wins 2006 ECAC Women's Division III Upstate Soccer Championship
First Round
No. 1 Skidmore College (12-4-3)
No. 2 William Smith College (10-6-2)
No. 3 Fredonia State University (10-8-1)
No. 4 Utica College (9-8-1)
No. 5 Vassar College (7-7-4)
No. 6 St. John Fisher (7-7-2)
Quarterfinal Games - Wednesday, November 8
No. 1 Skidmore College receives a bye
No. 2 William Smith receives a bye
No. 3 Fredonia State University 0, No. 6 St. John
Fisher College, 1 (2 OT)
No. 4 Utica College 3, No. 5 Vassar College, 2 (OT)
Semifinals - Saturday, November 11, 2 p.m.
William Smith 1, St. John Fisher 0
Utica 3, Skidmore 1
Championship - Sunday, November 12, 1
p.m.
William Smith 0, vs. Utica 0 2 OT, William Smith Wins on 3
PK's
William Smith Wins ECAC Upstate Women's Soccer in Penalty
Kicks
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- After playing 120 minutes of
scoreless
soccer, William Smith College won the Eastern College Athletic
Conference Upstate Tournament 3-0 in penalty kicks, Sunday
afternoon at
Skidmore College's Wachenheim Field.
The game goes down as a tie for the two teams. William Smith
finishes
the season 11-5-3, while Utica is 11-8-2.
The Herons dominated the game, out shooting Utica 15-3.
Pioneer
goalie Ashley Kaufman (Enfield, Conn.) stopped all 10 shots she
faced,
including a one-on-one with William Smith's Julie Bernay
(Newport
Beach, Calif.) in the first overtime.
Utica defender Joanne Gueverra (Marshfield, Mass) also had a big
role
in shutting down the Herons.
Liberty League Player of the Year Laura Burnett-Kurie (Durham,
N.H.)
opened the penalty kicks, going to her left for the score and a
1-0
William Smith lead. Utica's Kelly Regan (Massapequa, N.Y.)
missed wide
left. Katie Compton (West Hartford, Conn.) made it 2-0 low
right.
Heron keeper Nikki Dudley (Chittenango, N.Y.) saved Rachel
Tinao's
(Point Pleasant, N.J.). Rayza Santiago (Webster, N.Y.) made
it 3-0 for
William Smith. Sarah Richards (Stafford, Conn.) tried to
keep Utica in
the shootout, but her shot sailed high.
The tournament MVP was William Smith sophomore forward Ali Art
(Manhasset Hills, N.Y.)
William Smith Advances in ECAC Soccer with 1-0 Win
Over St. John Fisher
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-Laura Burnett-Kurie (Durham, N.H.) broke
0-0
tie with a breakaway goal with 16:18 to play in regulation to
give
William Smith College a 1-0 win over St. John Fisher College,
Saturday
in the Eastern College Athetic Conference Upstate
Tournament
semifinal.
The Herons will face the winner of Saturday's other semifinal
between
Skidmore College and Utica College in the championship game on
Sunday
at 1 p.m.
Both teams had opportunities in the scoreless first half.
The Herons
nearly scored two minutes into the game when Fisher keeper Stacey
Gable (Derby, N.Y.) stopped Burnett-Kurie on an original shot and
then again on attempt off the rebound.
William Smith (11-5-2) controlled the play in the second half,
but
Fisher was able to keep the Herons off the board, until William
Smith
back Tracy Stankavage (Chittenango, N.Y.) sent Burnett-Kurie in
alone
for the game-winner. It was the 10th goal of the season for
the
Liberty League Player of the Year.
Gable played the first half and registered four saves for
the
Cardinals, while Ashley Martin (Marcellus, N.Y.) had seven
second-half
saves to keep the game close. Nikki Dudley (Chittenango,
N.Y.) had two saves for her sixth shutout of the season.
Skidmore-Utica
After 56 minutes of scoreless soccer, Skidmore and Utica
traded penalty kicks within a 53 second span. Rachael Sushner
(Potomac, Md.) gave the Thoroughbreds a 1-0 lead at 56:02 after
Anna Cerio (Alfred, N.Y.) was pulled down in the box. The Pioneers
received the same opportunity at 56:55. Kerry Walsh (Franklin,
Mass.) converted the penalty for her seventh goal of the season a
1-1 tie.
Utica (11-8-1) took a 2-1 lead at 61:53 when Danielle Smith
(Verona, N.Y.) worked her way into the corner and then found Ashley
Granger (Sutton, Mass.) alone in front for her 10th goal of the
season. Smith made it 3-1 at 66:18 after dribbling through two
defenders and going in alone on Thoroughbred goalie Liza Mills
(Setauket, N.Y.).
Skidmore (12-4-4) out shot Utica 17-7. Pioneer goalie Ashley
Kaufman (Enfield, Conn.) had 10 saves. Mills finished with three
saves.
William Smith-St. John Fisher
In the first game, Laura Burnett-Kurie (Durham, N.H.) broke 0-0 tie with a breakaway goal with 16:18 to play in regulation to give William Smith the 1-0 win.
Both teams had opportunities in the scoreless first half. The
Herons nearly scored two minutes into the game when Fisher keeper
Stacey Gable (Derby, N.Y.) stopped Burnett-Kurie on an original
shot and then again on attempt off the rebound.
William Smith (11-5-2) controlled the play in the second half, but
Fisher was able to keep the Herons off the board, until William
Smith back Tracy Stankavage (Chittenango, N.Y.) sent Burnett-Kurie
in alone for the game-winner. It was the 10th goal of the season
for the Liberty League Player of the Year.
Gable played the first half and registered four saves for the
Cardinals, while Ashley Martin (Marcellus, N.Y.) had seven
second-half saves to keep the game close. Nikki Dudley
(Chittenango, N.Y.) had two saves for her sixth shutout of the
season.












