Lucielle Kozlov Scores Twice in Soccer's 2-0 Win over Albany

Thursday, September 10

Albany, N.Y.

5:15 PM

Dartmouth College

Albany

Lucielle Kozlov Scores Twice in Soccer's 2-0 Win over Albany

9/10/2015 7:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

ALBANY, N.Y. – Senior Lucielle Kozlov scored her second game-winner in the young season, netting both Big Green goals to help the Dartmouth women's soccer team shutout Albany, 2-0, at Bob Ford Field on Thursday.

The Green improved to 2-1-1, while the Great Danes fell to 3-4-0.

“Overall, I thought the team put in some good work throughout the 90 minutes,” head coach Ron Rainey said after the game. “Albany is a tough team to break down. I'm happy with how we approached this game and how we didn't get frustrated. Also, defensively, our backline had some nice plays. Jessica Lucas clearing the ball off a corner kick to preserve the shutout was big for us.”

“Lucielle did a great job making runs forward and with her combination play,” Rainey continued. “She picked her head up and put the ball where it needed to go. I am very excited for her. A lot of this was how she played and how she attacked. She had a very nice game today.”

Dartmouth dominated the first half, taking three shots and two corner kicks before allowing Albany to have its first touch almost 20 minutes into the period. Immediately after the Great Danes' first shot, juniors Meredith Gurnee and Piper Curtis, and sophomore Lindsay Knutson took four consecutive shots, all of which had to be saved by Alana Brennan in net.

The remainder of the first was much the same, with the Big Green taking an 8-3 advantage in shots, but the game remained scoreless heading into the second.

The first play of the second 45-minute period was a header by Albany's Mariah Williams that had to be saved by junior goalkeeper Casey Cousineau three minutes in. The second play was a goal. Kozlov and sophomore Melanie Vangel passed the ball back-and-forth near the back line and, at 52:38, Kozlov scored inside the right post to put the Big Green up by one.

Albany tried hard to get in a scoring position, outshooting Dartmouth, 5-3, in the 20 minutes following the Green's goal, but the Great Danes were not able to get the marker they needed. With less than nine minutes to play, Kozlov scored her second goal of the half, receiving the ball from Knutson and shooting from 25 yards out.

Dartmouth outshot Albany, 13-10, and the two teams each took four corner kicks. Between the pipes, Cousineau ended up with six saves, while Brennan had five.

“I think we are continuing to get cleaner,” Rainey said. “We are going to keep identifying what our strengths are and playing to those. I know that the team is very excited to play at home against Vermont this weekend.”

On Sunday, Sept. 13, Dartmouth will host its first game of the 2015 season, taking on Vermont at Burnham Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.