Pictured Above: Shea Gegan (by John Haiger)
 
Washington, DC - American University scored two goals in the final 11:35 of the game to break a 5-5 tie and the Eagles hung on for a 7-5 victory over Wagner College in a defensive-minded affair in our nation's capital today.
 
With the loss, the Seahawks fall to 0-3 on the young season while American, who competes in the Patriot League, improves to 2-3.
 
Senior midfielder Shea Gegan (Belmar, NJ/Manasquan) paced the Seahawks with two goals. Scoring one goal apiece for the Green & White were senior middie Gretchen Fay (Spring Lake Heights, NJ/Manasquan) and senior attackers Kimmy Tumolo (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview) and Taylor Pastore (Baldwinsville, NY / C.W. Baker).
 
Sophomore midfielder Lauren Ednie (Verona, NJ/Verona) and sophomore attack Heidi Colford led Wagner in draw controls with two apiece. In goal, senior Katie Ferraro (Ownings Mill, MD/McDonogh) recorded eight saves while going the distance between the pipes.
 
Jessica Wojciechowski , Jennifer DeSimone and Shauna Norris scored two goals apiece to lead American offensively. Fiona Geier was credited with six saves for American.

The Eagles outshot Wagner 22-11 and led in ground balls, 11-10, while the Seahawks held a 7-6 edge in draw controls.

After falling behind 1-0, the Seahawks tallied unanswered goals from Tumolo and Fay in taking their lone lead of the game at 2-1. The Eagles then went on a 3-0 run, with two of those scored coming from Norris, in taking a 4-2 lead. Gegan got one back with a goal at the 1:45 mark of the first half to make it a 4-3 game. With one second ;left in the half, Wagner was whistled for a penalty which Wojciechowski converted in giving the Eagles a 5-3 lead at halftime.
 
That's the way the score remained until the 18:38 mark of the second half when Pastore notched a goal on a free position shot to again make it in a one-goal game at 5-4. Less than three minutes later, Gegan knocked home her second goal of the game to knot the score at 5-5.
 
DeSimone gave American the lead with 11:35 left to play on a free position and DeSimone added another with 9:38 left. Neither team could find the range offensively the rest of the way as the Eagles held on for the 7-5 win.

Wagner is next in action on Tuesday, March 1 when the Seahawks travel to Philadelphia to meet the Temple University Owls of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

 SCORING SUMMARY
 

-- 1st --			Wagner	American
American	28:06	Hoon, Madison (Mangan, Olivia )	0	1
Wagner	24:16	TUMOLO, Kimmy (Free position shot)	1	1
Wagner	10:57	FAY, Gretchen (Free position shot)	2	1
American	10:10	Norris, Shauna (Free position shot)	2	2
American	09:17	Norris, Shauna (Wojciechowski, J. )	2	3
American	04:23	Wojciechowski, J. (Mangan, Olivia )	2	4
Wagner	01:45	GEGAN, Shea (unassisted)	3	4
American	00:01	UP - Wojciechowski, J. (Free position shot)	3	5
-- 2nd --
Wagner	18:38	PASTORE, Taylor (Free position shot)	4	5
Wagner	15:59	GEGAN, Shea (unassisted)	5	5
American	11:35	DeSimone, Jennifer (Free position shot)	5	6
American	09:38	DeSimone, Jennifer (unassisted)	5	7

 
 TEAM STATS
 

SAVES	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	5	3	8
American	3	3	6
GROUND BALLS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	4	6	10
American	6	5	11
TURNOVERS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	8	6	14
American	2	7	9

 

CLEARS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	5-8	6-7	11 -15
American	7-7	8-10	15 -17
DRAW CONTROLS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	4	3	7
American	4	2	6

 

FREE POSITION SHOTS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	2-2	1-1	3 -3
American	2-3	1-3	3 -6
SHOTS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	6	5	11
American	15	7	22

 

FOULS	1	2	TOTAL
Wagner	6	12	18
American	8	8	16

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