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Bloomsburg Falls to Adelphi in Women's Soccer

BLOOMSBURG —Josephine Coiro scored off an assist from Josefa Pace 23:56 into the game to lead Adelphi University to a 1-0 win over Bloomsburg University in women's soccer action Sunday afternoon. The game was the season opener for the Huskies.

Adelphi scored when Pace made a crossing pass to Coiro, who then headed the ball into the goal.

The game had a series of near-misses for both teams. In the first half, Adelphi hit the crossbar on two of its shots, while the Huskies hit the post with 12 minutes left that would have tied the game.

In the closing seconds, Bloomsburg put the pressure on Adelphi and was awared a corner shot with less than 20 seconds to play. On the play, Becky Ritter (Philipsburg/Philipsburg-Osceola) was able to take the ball and head it towards the goal, however, the shot just went over the top of the net ending the game.

Bloomsburg, 0-1, will visit Lock Haven on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

BY PERIODS	1	2	Total
Adelphi	1	0	1
Bloomsburg	0	0	0
SCORING
ADEL	1st	23:56	Josephine Coiro (Josefa Pace)
Goalie Stats
BU	Brittany Moses	10 saves	90 minutes
ADEL	Christine Conway	1 save	90 minutes
Shots
BU	9	ADEL	13
Corners
BU	2	ADEL	7