FLUSHING, N.Y. - Sophomore back Monique Green (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) scored the first goal of her career today to help the Daemen College women's soccer team battle to a 1-1 (2OT) tie with Queens College in East Coast Conference action this afternoon at the QC Soccer Field.

With the tie today, Daemen moves to 3-3-2 overall and 1-1-1 in ECC play this season.  The Wildcats are now unbeaten (2-0-2) in their last four games that have gone to overtime, including a 1-0-2 mark in such games this season.  The home-standing Knights (2-6-1 overall) picked up their first draw of the season, and they sit tied with Daemen at 1-1-1 in the conference.

After a scoreless first half, sophomore forward Adriana Mendrinos (East Northport, N.Y.) put the hosts on the board at the 54:06 mark, when she converted a penalty kick opportunity after Daemen was whistled for a foul inside the box.  It marked the Knights' first penalty kick opportunity of the season.

Just a short time later, at the 59:26 mark, Green got her head to a feed from senior midfielder Kelly DuVall (Addison, N.Y./Addison), knocking the ball off the right goalpost and over the goaline to even up the score.  The goal came on just the fourth shot attempt of Green's career, and her second of the day.  DuVall earned her second assist of the season on the play.  She also assisted on Sarah Britton's (Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) tally in Daemen's 1-0 win at Tiffin University back on September 11.

With the game knotted at 1-1, Queens managed four shots in the final 30 minutes of regulation, placing one on frame which was turned aside by sophomore net-minder Jackie Wescott (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South), one of her seven stops on the day.  Daemen took three shot attempts in the same time frame, including one shot on goal apiece from redshirt-senior midfielder Alexis Koral (Williamsville, N.Y./William Smith College) and redshirt-freshman back Lauren Testa (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda).  QC goalkeeper Nicole Cranny (Abbeyleix, Ireland), a transfer from the University of South Carolina-Aiken, was up to the task on both Wildcat attempts late.

Queens controlled play early in the first overtime period, producing a pair of shots and a corner kick over the first five minutes.  Wescott made a big save on an attempt by 2015 third-team All-ECC pick Erin Vernillo (Smithtown, N.Y.) in the 94th minute.  Koral sent a shot high in the 98th minute for the Wildcats' only scoring opportunity of the period.

Possession moved Daemen's way in the second overtime period.  Freshman midfielder Lindsay Ciaramella (St. George, Ont./Paris District) sent a shot wide left in the opening minute of the period, before the Wildcats generated a corner kick and another shot attempt from sophomore back Alex Valenti (Clarence, N.Y./Clarence).  Valenti's shot was blocked in the 103rd minute.

Wescott went untested through the final 10 minutes of the contest.  QC generated two shots, both of which sailed wide left, and a corner kick opportunity which went unfulfilled.

The final box score indicates just how evenly played the game was.  Queens held a slight edge in shot attempts (18-16) and shots on goal (8-7), while Daemen out-nudged the hosts in saves (7-6) and corner kicks (5-4).

The result marked Daemen's second 1-1 (2OT) tie this season, having previously done so in non-conference play vs. Mansfield University on September 14.  It also marked Daemen's first-ever road tie in East Coast Conference play since joining the league in 2013.  Daemen is now 2-0-1 in their last three road games dating back to September 10.

The Wildcats closeout the weekend road trip by facing ECC foe Molloy College on Sunday, October 2 at the RVC Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y.  It'll mark the Wildcats' first meeting with the Lions since a dramatic 1-0 (OT) victory in Amherst last October.

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