Oct 18, 2006

Catholic 2, Villa Julie 1

Washington, DC.-

Catholic University's Kelly Andersen put a halt to Villa Julie's eight-game winning streak netting the game winner at 56:01 to lift the Cardnials to a 2-1 victory over the Mustangs. 

Catholic's Elyse Bellardini scored early in the 13th minute to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead. Andersen's goal made it 2-0 early in the second half. It would stand as the game winner as Villa Julie's Tonia Cristino (Lancaster, PA / Hempfield) ended the Catholic shutout, receiving a cross from Kelly Townley (Baltimore, MD / John Carroll) leading her into a breakaway that beat a challenging Tere Rossi in the 79th minute. 

Villa clamped down during the second half limiting the hosts to four shots on strong defensive play of Rose Phelan (Carney, MD / Loch Raven) and Lauren Healey (Baltimore,MD / Catholic).  Catholic had peppered Casey Brown (Barnesville, MD / Poolesville) with 11 shots in the first half.  Brown recorded six saves.