Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—The Fredonia women's soccer team scored in the 30th minute and held off top-ranked William Smith for a 1-0 win in a non-league match played this afternoon on Cozzens Field. The Blue Devils improve to 4-1-0, while the Herons are now 4-1-1.
Fredonia's Catie Hale pushed a pass ahead to Katie Kleine who beat her defender and placed a shot just inside the left post and out of the reach of the diving Heron goalie, junior
Chelsea Dunay. The goal that came 29:33 into the match was all the Blue Devils would need to secure the win.
William Smith came out fighting to score in the second half and came inches away on a few occasions. The Herons outshot the Blue Devils 18-4 and earned seven corners in the second half. One of the William Smith's best scoring chances came in the 55th minute. Sophomore
Madeline Buckley banged a shot off the crossbar. Senior
Whitney Frary collected the rebound, but fired wide of the net. With 5:52 remaining in the match, senior
Renee Jensen sent a pass to sophomore
MaryClaire Pelletier who was right out in front of the goal. Her header went just inches wide of the right post.
The Herons finished with a 22-7 lead in shots and a 9-1 edge in corners. Dunay finished with two saves in all 90 minutes in goal for William Smith. Meaghan Meszaros made six saves in net for Fredonia.
The Herons will be back in action on Wednesday, Sept. 19 when they travel to take on Rochester in another non-league match at 5 p.m.