Dartmouth Women Upset #12 West Virginia, Win Virginia Classic Tournament

Sunday, September 13

Charlottesville, Va.

12:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

West Virginia

O'Dea Nets Two as Big Green Dominates Bryant in 2-1 Win

Dartmouth Women Upset #12 West Virginia, Win Virginia Classic Tournament

9/13/2009 6:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

Charlottesville, Va. - Dartmouth sophomore Aly O'Dea (Irvine, Calif.) scored the game-winner early in the second half to give the women's soccer team a 1-0 upset win over #12 West Virginia this afternoon.

With its win over Seton Hall on Friday and over the 12th ranked Mountaineers (2-2-3), Dartmouth (3-1) won the 2009 Nike Virginia Classic Tournament, in a field that also featured the #7 Virginia Cavaliers.

Sophomore goalkeeper Colleen Hogan (Houston, Texas) earned her second-straight shutout win with five saves in goal. It was a fairly even contest, with West Virginia holding a 14-10 advantage in shots and Dartmouth forcing the Mountaineers keeper into four saves including two in the second half.

In addition to its #12 national ranking, West Virginia was ranked third in the Northeast (Dartmouth's region) this past week.

“This was a great result against a good team and everyone played her part in a great team performance,” said head coach Angie Hind of the win.

Dartmouth had the game's first shot on goal when Ally Dutton (Granite Bay, Calif.) headed the ball off a corner kick but Kerri Butler made the save for the Mountaineers. West Virginia pressured the Big Green throughout the first half, taking eight shots to Dartmouth's four and forcing Hogan to make three saves.

The Big Green entered the second half determined to get a goal and senior Kelsey Quick (Bernardsville, N.J.) made sure it happened early. In the 57th minute, Quick made a great, composed run down the right side and passed the ball center to O'Dea once her defender caught up. O'Dea had Butler in a one-on-one and beat her to the low left corner for the 1-0 Dartmouth lead.

Dartmouth handled the lead well, ultimately finishing the half even with West Virginia, taking six shots each. The Big Green successfully defended three second-half corners by the Mountaineers and Hogan made two saves in the half to preserve the shutout.

“When they came at us [in the second] we dealt with it and defended collectively,” said Hind. “We kept a lot of possession and had a few scoring chances.”

Senior midfielder Myra Sack (Wynnewood, Pa.) had an impressive weekend and was named Tournament MVP for her efforts. She was joined on the All-Tournament team by classmates Kelsey Quick (Bernardsville, N.J.) and Becky Poskin (Leawood, Kan.) and sophomore back Erin Fleischli (San Mateo, Calif.). Poskin scored the game-winner against Seton Hall on Friday night.

The Dartmouth women have a quick turnaround before heading west to the Oregon State Classic to face a pair of Pac-10 foes. The Big Green takes on the host Oregon State on Friday, Sept. 18 at 10:00 p.m. EST before playing Oregon on Sunday.

2009 Nike Virginia Classic Final Standings
1. Dartmouth (2-0-0)
2. Virginia (1-0-1)
3. West Virginia (0-1-1)
4. Seton Hall (0-2-0)

All-Tournament Team
Myra Sack (Dartmouth) - MVP
Becky Poskin (Dartmouth)
Kelsey Quick (Dartmouth)
Erin Fleischli (Dartmouth)
Sinead Farrelly (Virginia)
Meghan Lenczyk (Virginia)
Chantel Jones (Virginia)
Kerri Butler (West Virginia)
Carolyn Blank (West Virginia)
Bry McCarthy (West Virginia)
Jennifer Pettigrew (Seton Hall)
Megan Mills (Seton Hall)