Miscues Hamper Bulldogs in 3-1 Loss to Haverford

Freshman Haley Vollmer scored the lone goal in the Bulldogs loss to Haverford.

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Center Valley, PA (September 20, 2008) – The DeSales University women's soccer team suffered its second straight loss, falling to Haverford College, 3-1, in a non-conference game on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs (3-3-1 overall) had several chances to score that were turned away and committed some costly defensive miscues leading to two Ford (3-4 overall) goals in the loss. DSU held a 16-13 edge in shots on the afternoon and had a 5-0 edge in corner kicks.

Haverford struck first at the 25:20 mark when a DSU defender missed played a ball that ended up giving the Fords' Erin Dowling a one-on-one opportunity with the keeper as she knocked in her first goal of the season to give HC a 1-0 lead.

HC wasted no time taking a two-goal advantage as Sarah Andrade raced down the left side of the field on a counter attack and fired a shot from about 30 yards out that just went over the out-stretched hand of the Bulldogs' keeper and found the back corner of the net for a 2-0 lead.

DeSales cut the score in half just 1:12 later when freshman Haley Vollmer (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg) scored her first collegiate goal on a beautiful shot from about 25 yards that flew just below the crossbar and into the back of the net.

The score remained 2-1 until the 62:37 mark when Andrade provided some insurance taking a pass from Michele Buonora and knocking home a shot into the left corner and past a diving keeper.

Junior Katie Halpin (Bethlehem, PA/Notre Dame) made seven saves in goal for the Bulldogs, while Lindsay Festa made 10 saves in the win for Haverford.

The Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday, September 23^rd when they travel to Lebanon Valley College for a non-conference game beginning at 4:00 pm.

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