Press Release

GOLDMAN, WOMEN'S SOCCER EDGED BY MERRIMACK, 1-0                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION September 11, 2005                                                               Contact: Seth Cole Courtesy Merrimack Sports Information                                    Phone: (802) 654-2537 NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College women’s soccer team played its third consecutive 1-0 home game to start the season on Saturday, but this time the Warriors ended up on the positive side, defeating Saint Michael’s College in a Northeast-10 Conference match at Warrior Field.   Merrimack, which lost 1-0 games to Southern New Hampshire and UMass Lowell at home to start the season, improved to 3-2 overall, 1-2 in the Northeast-10, while Saint Michael’s fell to 1-4, 0-3.   Senior Lindsay Sheffield (Georgetown, Mass.) scored the game’s only goal with less than 12 minutes to play. Sheffield took a pass from sophomore Hillary McGarr (North Dighton, Mass.) and lofted a 25-yard shot over the goalkeeper and just under the cross bar to give the Warriors their first goal on the new FieldTurf surface.   Sophomore goalkeeper Gillian Goldman (Stratham, N.H.) kept Saint Michael’s in the game with 17 saves, including a diving stop on a blast from McGarr inside the penalty area. Merrimack sophomore Shannon Rowan (Fair Haven, Conn.) needed just two saves to post her first shutout of the season.   Merrimack outshot the Purple Knights 31-9 and had an 8-2 advantage in corner kicks.   The Warriors play their next three games on the road, starting with Pace on Saturday, while Saint Michael’s stays on the road, facing Georgian Court on Monday. ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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