Buffalo, N.Y. – The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Soccer team came out on the losing side of an ECC clash with D'Youville College on Saturday afternoon at Dobson Field in Buffalo, falling 2-1 to the Saints.
 
The game was filled with back-and-forth action between the two sides, but it took 25 minutes of play for the first goal to be scored. Kavina Ganeshan would take a through ball from Jillian Bernas off of a STAC turnover and put it past goalkeeper Alessandra Santoriello and into the back of the net to make it 1-0 D'Youville.

Brooke Ianiero would double the Saints lead at 2-0 in the 35th minute, as she would put home a rebound off of Dani Camilleri shot that was originally saved by Santoriello, but could not be controlled.
 
St. Thomas Aquinas got themselves on the scoreboard just before the end of the half with an own goal in the 38th minute off of a D'Youville defender's foot to make it 2-1.
 
The battle for possession continued after the halftime break, with the Spartans desperately trying to tie up the game. Despite STAC's four quality shots on net, D'Youville goalie Laurie Poeller would come up with a series of big saves to secure the victory.

Inside the Box Score

• D'Youville held an 11-9 shots advantage over STAC for the match.
• Caitlin Speranza led the Spartans with three shots on goal on the afternoon.
• St. Thomas Aquinas earned three corner kicks to D'Youville's one in the game.
• Alessandra Santoriello (L, 1-2) got the start between the pipes for STAC and made one stop in 45 minutes of action. Colleen Stevens came on in relief in the second half and made five saves.
• The Spartans lone tally came off of the foot of a D'Youville defender for an own goal.

Up Next
The Spartans (2-5, 1-2 ECC) will return home to face Queens College on Wednesday, September 29. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30pm at Spartan Field.