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WSOCCER: Lipawsky, Castel lead squad to win
by Julie Ganz
Sports editor
Sports | 10/30/07
Posted online at 10:12 PM EST on 10/29/07
/ Last updated at 12:16 PM EST on 10/29/07
Despite attempting more shots than Carnegie Mellon University during the first half of last Sunday's game, the women's soccer team trailed 1-0 at halftime and was in danger of returning home winless from its two-game University Athletic Association weekend road trip. But coach Denise Dallamora said she was not concerned.
"We actually were playing very well, so we weren't going to change the game plan too much," she said. "We were just going to keep doing what we were doing."
Dallamora's faith finally paid off in the 62nd minute, when midfielder Jenna Lipawsky '09 took advantage of a failed clearance by the Tartans and sent a shot into the top right corner of the goal to tie the game. The Judges eventually won 2-1 on an 85th-minute goal by forward Tzlil Castel '08, and with one game remaining, the team is now 9-6-2 on the season and 2-3-1 in UAA play following Friday's 2-1 loss to Emory University and last Tuesday's 3-1 win against Roger Williams University.
"It was nice to see the team all coming together [Sunday]," Castel said. "The team worked really hard to put the balls together and get passes together, and luckily we were behind it, and we put the ball in the back of the net."
Tartan senior forward Kasey Stever allowed Carnegie Mellon to strike first in the 40th minute. Just over two minutes later, she received a pass over the top of the defense from senior midfielder Jess Howard, split two Brandeis defenders and sliced a shot past goalie Hillary Rosenzweig '10.
After forward Melissa Gorenkoff '10 failed to find the back of the net on two shot attempts late in the first half, the Judges headed into the second half hoping to come from behind to tie the game.
That effort, however, nearly ended before it could even get going.
Howard almost added to the Tartans' lead less than 10 minutes into the half, but Rosenzweig collected her fourth of five saves to maintain the one-goal margin.
"[Rosenzweig] is incredible," Castel said. "She really did the best job I've ever seen her do, so that was awesome."
"We actually were playing very well, so we weren't going to change the game plan too much," she said. "We were just going to keep doing what we were doing."
Dallamora's faith finally paid off in the 62nd minute, when midfielder Jenna Lipawsky '09 took advantage of a failed clearance by the Tartans and sent a shot into the top right corner of the goal to tie the game. The Judges eventually won 2-1 on an 85th-minute goal by forward Tzlil Castel '08, and with one game remaining, the team is now 9-6-2 on the season and 2-3-1 in UAA play following Friday's 2-1 loss to Emory University and last Tuesday's 3-1 win against Roger Williams University.
"It was nice to see the team all coming together [Sunday]," Castel said. "The team worked really hard to put the balls together and get passes together, and luckily we were behind it, and we put the ball in the back of the net."
Tartan senior forward Kasey Stever allowed Carnegie Mellon to strike first in the 40th minute. Just over two minutes later, she received a pass over the top of the defense from senior midfielder Jess Howard, split two Brandeis defenders and sliced a shot past goalie Hillary Rosenzweig '10.
After forward Melissa Gorenkoff '10 failed to find the back of the net on two shot attempts late in the first half, the Judges headed into the second half hoping to come from behind to tie the game.
That effort, however, nearly ended before it could even get going.
Howard almost added to the Tartans' lead less than 10 minutes into the half, but Rosenzweig collected her fourth of five saves to maintain the one-goal margin.
"[Rosenzweig] is incredible," Castel said. "She really did the best job I've ever seen her do, so that was awesome."
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