Box Score

PURCHASE, N.Y. (September 11, 2010) – Vassar College women's soccer remains undefeated at 3-0 and opened the Valiant Classic with a 3-1 win over host Manhattanville Saturday afternoon at at GoValiants.com Field. Junior defender Alix Zongrone struck twice in the second half with header goals off of corner kicks from sophomore midfielder Keiko Kurita.

Vassar (3-0-0) will play Eastern Connecticut State University in the final game of the Valiant Classic tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Manhattanville (0-4-0) will return to action tomorrow, as the Valiants play day two of the Valiant Classic against Montclair State University starting at noon. Both games will have live stats available on GoValiants.com.

The Brewers matched their season average three goal output and fired 12 total shots, eight on goal. The Valiants managed just six, all of which found the cage. Vassar held a 5-1 edge on corner kicks and converted two of those into goals.

The Vassar attack took advantage of set piece opportunities as their first two goals of the game came off corner kicks. In the 52nd minute, Zongrone ran to the near post and used her body to redirect a corner from Kurita into the upper right corner for the match's first score. The duo struck again nearly 12 minutes later in almost identical fashion, as a Kurita kick connected with the head of Zongrone toward the back post for an easy put away.

Manhattanville closed the Brewer lead to one in the 73rd minute, when Holly Nonis was fouled approximately 25 yards from goal and lined up the free kick. From the left side of the field, Nonis curled a ball into the top-right corner for her second of the year.

Vassar put the game on ice in the 79th minute as freshman Gavriella Kaplan received a throughball from classmate Sheeva Seyfi and beat Valiant senior keeper Ali Bromson for her third goal in as many games.

Goaltending was solid for both teams on the day, as both Bromson and Vassar keeper Ali Higgins made five saves apiece. Higgins improves to 2-0 on the season. Kaplan has scored in each of her first three collegiate games and is second on the team with three goals and seven points. Kurita has a team-leading three assists.