Women's Soccer Rolls Past VMI 9-1 On Road In Lexington

Freshman Tessa Kofler Tallies 2 Goals, Including Game-Winner

October 12, 2004

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Visiting Longwood University took a 9-1 collegiate women’s soccer triumph past host VMI Tuesday in Lexington. The Lancers led 5-1 at the intermission, and surpassed their entire season goal total (8) before the match while improving to 3-11 overall. Longwood will play again Friday night, October 15, at William and Mary beginning at 7 p.m. in Williamsburg.

At VMI (0-11), Longwood received two goals each from freshmen Tessa Kofler/Stafford (North Stafford) and Stephanie Schroeder/Stephens City (Sherando) as Kofler’s first score at 14:32 proved to be the eventual game-winner. Others scoring goals for the Lancers included sophomores Tiffany Crane/Virginia Beach (Kellam), Stacy Crites/Manassas (Osbourn), Nicole Hodgdon/Yorktown (Tabb), and Lexi Torrice/Richmond (Douglas Freeman), along with redshirt freshman Shannon Mormando/Chesterfield (Manchester). It was the first collegiate goals scored for Hodgdon, Torrice, and Mormando. Contributing assists for LU were Crane, Schroeder, and junior April Lockley/California, Md. (Leonardtown). The Lancers had scored just eight goals in the previous 13 contests.

Longwood took a 31-14 advantage on shots, including 20-7 in the first half, and had an 8-4 edge on corner-kicks. Sophomore keeper Heather Storrie/Spring Grove, Pa. (Spring Grove) (45:00, 1, 5) and freshman keeper Anne Whitmore/Charlottesville (Western Albemarle) (45, 0, 3) split time in front of the net for the Lancers. Colleen Redman scored the lone goal for VMI late in the first half on a penalty-kick opportunity, while keeper Jessica Rheinlander went the distance for the Keydets (90:00, 9,9).

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