Box Score

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- For the first time since the 2004 season, the Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer team is 2-0-0 in Northeast Conference action, as the Knights defeated the two-time defending NEC champions, LIU Brooklyn, 2-0, Friday evening at LIU Field. With the victory, FDU improves to 6-6-1 (2-0-0 NEC) on the season, while the Blackbirds fall to 2-9-1 (0-2-0 NEC) overall.

The difference in the game was Amanda Goulet (Quebec City, Quebec/Shattuck-St. Mary's )'s third goal of the season. The sophomore delivered a header into the right side of the goal in the 24th minute to give FDU a 1-0 advantage, after junior Kasey Schiavoni (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) delivered a perfect corner kick.

The visitors added one more insurance goal in the 77th minute when freshman Laniyyah Elam (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) found fellow classmate Esther Rochon (Saint Romuald, Quebec/College Francois-Xavier-Garneau), who flicked the ball past the goalkeeper on the right side for her third goal of the season while extending the lead to 2-0.

The Knights were very economical on the evening, as they only took four shots. LIU took six and held a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks.

Senior goalkeeper Sage DoVale (Lilburn, Ga./Collins Hill) did not have to make a save attempt on the night en route to picking up her fifth victory of the season and splitting the shutout with sophomore Felicia Burr (Bellingham, Mass./Blackstone-Millville ), who played for a seven-minute stretch in the first half between the pipes, while making the only save of the game for FDU.

The Knights will have a quick turnaround when they look to move to 3-0-0 in conference play at University Stadium against Wagner in a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday, Oct. 13.