Going Out with Flare

Gusties Fall In Final Match at Hamline

We've repeatedly stated that what the Gustavus Women's Soccer team does, we do it with flare, style, pizazz, a lot of personality and a whole lot of heart.  This past Saturday was no different, the 2013 Women's Soccer team went out in style, and the senior class showed their flare.  There was a lot of heart out on the field for the final matchup on Saturday vs. Hamline.  Neither team being able to make the playoffs, it was a game for pride, glory and perhaps bragging rights.

The Gusties came out swinging pressing Hamline early in the match.  Not allowing the Pipers to get a shot on net in the first twenty minutes.  It was the lateral movement of Hamline across the field that ultimately caused the defensive breakdown and the Pipers first goal.  Neither team found much rhythm in the remainder of the half with Hamline taking a 1-0 lead to halftime.

Once the second half began, the Pipers struck quickly and continued to press for the next fifteen minutes with Gustavus getting just a few opportunities to go forwards into the Pipers end.  In a 3 goal deficit, Gustie's Coach Laura Burnett-Kurie started to mix things up.  Culminating with a final 8 minutes with the three senior defensive specialists; Leah Brossoit, Estee Berg and Ana Gleason being sent high to forward positions.  Amanda Cartony would back them up in the midfield attack with Liz Underwood and Emily Papagapitos pushing high as well.  Estee made some fantastic runs to the corner, even sliding and taking out the corner flag in one triumphant effort!!  In that span Leah took the final corner of her career, ending with a bang and putting the ball in the back of the net directly off the kick.  She scored the same way in her second game as a Gustie, nice bookends on a great career.

All smiles and heart, the score seemed to matter little for once as the 2013 Gusties enjoyed their final game playing together.

Box Score

Women’s Soccer Concludes Season With 4-1 Loss To Hamline

Posted on November 3rd, 2013 by Tyler Grey

St. Paul – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s soccer team concluded its 2013 season with a 4-1 loss to Hamline at Paterson Field on Saturday afternoon.  The Pipers took a 1-0 lead into halftime before scoring two goals in the first 13 minutes following the break.  The Gusties scored late, but it was not enough in the three-goal loss.  Gustavus finishes the season 8-9-0 overall and 3-8-0 in the MIAC, while Hamline finishes the year 9-6-3 overall and 6-4-1 in conference play.

Leah Brossoit scored her second career
goal Saturday.

The two teams played to a stalemate over the first 22-plus minutes as neither team registered a shot.  The Pipers finally got a look at the net at the 22:46 mark, but the shot was saved by Gustavus goalkeeper Roisen Granlund (Fy., St. Paul, Minn.) and the scoring chance was averted.

Eight and a half minutes later, Hamline was on the scoreboard after Grace Nichols scored a goal to give the Pipers a 1-0 lead.  Nichols fired from outside the box on the right wing and snuck it past Granland for her first goal of the season.

The score remained 1-0 into halftime, as neither team could mount a scoring opportunity for the remainder of the half.  Hamline held a shot advantage of 4-0 in the half.

Less than a minute and a half into the second 45 minutes, the Pipers had their second goal of the contest.  Malya Hirshkowitz took a free kick outside the box on the left wing and buried it in the back of the net to put Hamline on top 2-0.

The Pipers struck again 15 minutes later when Brienne Garside got a look in front of the net.  Garside put it away to extend the Hamline lead to 3-0 before senior defender Leah Brossoit (Rochester, Minn.) got the Gusties on the scoreboard.

Brossoit sent a corner kick into the box, where it found its way across the goal line to bring the score to 3-1.  It was Brossoit’s first goal of the season and just the second of her career.  Leah’s other goal came in the second match of her collegiate career on Sept. 4, 2010.

Following Brossoit’s goal in the 85th minute, Hamline’s Alyssa Koulentis put the finishing touches on the win for the Pipers with a goal in the 89th minute.  Koulentis’s second goal of the season put Hamline on top for good in the three-goal victory.

Although the two teams had identical shot counts in the second half (4), it was Hamline that took advantage of its opportunities the most.  The Pipers connected on three of their four tries (.750) in the final frame to push on for the win.

Gustavus’s Roisen Granlund was given the loss after allowing three goals and making two saves in 66:17 of play.  She was replaced by Caroline Olson (Jr., York, Pa.) midway through the second half.  Olson allowed one goal in 23:43 in net.  Hamline’s Erin