Amherst, N.Y.- The Queens College women’s soccer team improved to 4-2 overall, and 1-0 in East Coast Conference play with a 3-1 win over Daemen College on Saturday from Amherst, New York.  The Knights got a goal each from Lorena Russi, Rebecca Laporte and Kristina Gabrielsen.

The Knights used the first ten minutes of action to score a pair of goals, and build an insurmountable, 2-0 advantage.  The opening marker came in the eighth minute as Laporte scored off a feed from Russi.  Russi found Laporte on the far right wing, and the midfielder put the ball past off the far post and into the net.

Less than a minute later, Laporte returned to favor to Russi as she threw the ball long into the box and Russi deflected it in past the keeper to put Queens ahead, 2-0.  Two minutes later, Mersina Onesto would make her only save of the match to keep QC up, 2-0.  The Knights managed three more shots in the half, but didn’t connect on any as they led at the break, 2-0.

The second half began with neither side conjuring up any scoring chances until the Wildcats broke through in the 66^th minute.  Kacey Bougard played a through-ball to Samantha Engel, who beat Onesto with a low shot on goal.  The marker pulled Daemen within one, at 2-1.

Kristina Gabrielsen came on in the second half as a substitute in the 77^th minute, and ten minutes later, she would have a huge impact on the game.  Laporte put a ball past the defense and Gabrielsen caught up to it on a breakaway, and beat the goalie for her first marker of the season.  More importantly, the insurance goal increased Queens’ cushion to two, at 3-1.  Daemen never threatened the rest of the game and the Knights had the result.

The team finishes off its Western New York road trip on Sunday, September 22, when they face Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester.  The kickoff is slated for 1:00 PM.