Farmingdale State 1, Manhattanville 0
PURCHASE, N.Y. | Sophomore midfielder
Ella Hebler (East Greenbush, N.Y.) headed home a corner kick in the 37th minute of action Saturday afternoon, notching her first collegiate goal for the Farmingdale State College women's soccer team and sending the Rams to a 1-0, Skyline Conference-opening victory at Manhattanville University.
Hebler provided the only goal of the match 8:53 before the halftime horn for FSC (4-1-1, 1-0 Skyline), as she nodded home a corner kick from junior midfielder
Abigail Chest (Johnstown, N.Y.) from eight yards away to beat Valiants (1-3, 0-1) goalkeeper Gabrielle Billetz.
From there, the Farmingdale State defense conceded just five shots on the afternoon by Manhattanville, led by starting defenders
Stephanie Alberghine (Sr.; Medford, N.Y.),
Maiya Christmas (Sr.; Grand Rapids, Mich.),
Rylee Roberts (Jr.; Long Beach, N.Y.) and
Esmeralda Merlos (Sr.; Farmingville, N.Y.), to run the team's shutout streak to 403:23. First-year goalkeeper
Charlotte Hoina (Holbrook, N.Y.) registered her fourth consecutive shutout in as many Farmingdale State starts by making one save in each half.Â
FSC will next play host to the back end of its weekend doubleheader on Sunday, when it welcomes the University of Scranton, ranked No. 6 in this week's IWSOC Region 5 Poll, for a noontime kickoff.Â
