The women’s soccer class of 2017 took the field at Brandeis University for the last time Sunday, Oct. 30 during their game against the University of Rochester.
The team honored their six seniors, Lea McDaniel, Julia McDermott, Cidney Moscovitch, Jessica Morana, Alexis Grossman and Michaela Friedman. The Brandeis Judges outshot the Yellowjackets 19-9, but Rochester was able to find the back of the net in the 29th minute to achieve an upset victory over the ranked 14th Judges. This loss makes the Judges’ record 13-3-2 for the season.
The Judges had some great opportunities and some great saves from senior goalie Alexis Grossman. McDaniel had a run to the goal in the ninth minute of play when she was stopped by the the Yellowjackets’ defender. Grossman made an amazing save in the 17th minute with a left punch to move the ball past the far post. The Judges put two more clean shots to goal before the half, but both were stopped by the Rochester goalie.
In the second half, Morana held the Yellowjackets at one goal with a great save in the 48th minute when she tipped a shot over the crossbar. In the 59th minute, Grossman punched away another shot. Sophomore Sasha Sunday had a great opportunity in the 82nd minute to tie the game, but her shot was redirected by a Rochester defender and her follow up shot was saved by Rochester goalie Samantha Hlavac. She denied Friedman in the 88th minute on a free kick from just outside the 18-yard box. The Judges took 12 corner kicks over the Rochester’s three attempts. Grossman and Hlavac both finished the match with six saves. This shutout was only the second the Judges have undergone this season.
This season, McDaniel has recorded 11 goals with three assists, five game winning goals and playing in 18 games. She has scored 21 times during her career at Brandeis and as earned seven assists and has played in 62 games thus far. This season McDermott has recorded one assist and has played in all 18 games. She has recorded three career assists and has played in 66 games during her time at Brandeis. Friedman has scored once and has recorded two assists this season. She has played in 69 games for the Brandeis Judges and has three career assists. Moscovitch has recorded 16 goals and nine assists. She has played in 79 games and started in 58 of those games. This season, she has a career high of six goals and counting. Morana has recorded three goals this season and has a career total of six assists. She has played in 56 games and has start 32 of those games. Grossman has recorded 133 saves with a career high of 66 saves this season. She has totaled 19 career shutouts. Grossman has the 12th-highest save percentage in the history of Brandeis women’s soccer, and she is first in goals against average, tied for sixth in most wins, and fourth in most shutouts.
The team takes on New York University this Saturday at NYU for their final UAA game of the season.
