CORTLAND, N.Y. - The Keene St. women's soccer team scored a pair of long-range first-half goals and held on to earn a 2-1 win over Cortland in the season opener for both schools in day one of the Cortland Invitational. The Red Dragons host Wilkes, who lost 2-0 to Nazareth on Saturday, on Sunday at 1:30 p.m., while the Owls face the
Golden Flyers Sunday at 11 a.m.

Cortland had the best of play early in the game, but the Red Dragons couldn't capitalize on some good scoring chances. The Owls turned th momentum with two goals a little more than two minutes apart in the first half. Junior Michelle Boland (Worcester, MA/Worcester Academy)
netted the first score in the 20th minute with a one-time shot from 18 yards out that bent inside the left post. Senior Kathleen Keniston(Minneapolis, MN/Holy Angels) assisted on the goal when she touched a pass to Boland.  In the 22nd minute, Keene St. took advantage of a
turnover when junior Sasha Daniels (Hillsboro,NH/Hillsboro-Deering)lofted a high 30-yard shot that snuck into the top corner.

Cortland pulled to within 2-1 early in the second half. Senior Mandy Womelsdorf (Buffalo/West Seneca West) sent a through pass to junior Katie Trivisonno (Apalachin/Owego Free Academy) on the left side. Trivisonno collected the pass and slid a low shot under Keene St. junior goalie Samantha Hirsch (Holliston, MA/Holliston) and inside
the left post in the 49th minute.

The Owls limited Cortland's chances for the remainder of the game, holding the Red Dragons to three more shots in the half and 10 for the game. Hirsch finished the game with five saves, while Cortland senior goalie Megan Thayer (Walworth/Wayne Central) also stopped five
shots.