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Sophomore Madeline Tyler had 3 goals and 1 assist and powered the Lady Lions to a 6-0 victory over the Berkeley College Knights last night at Aviator Field in Brooklyn. Tyler's performance was part of a dominating game for TKC who outshot Berkeley 22-0. The Lady Lions also had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks. The match represented each team's second game in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference league play.
Tyler struck for the first goal ten minutes into the game on a pass from sophomore Joanna Overmeyer. Five minutes later sophomore Kara Simmons would add to the TKC lead with an unassisted tally. At the 26:00 Overmeyer would score an unassisted goal of her own for a 3-0 TKC lead. Tyler would pick up her second goal of the night unassisted at the 30:55 mark, and nine minutes later she returned a favor, passing a ball to Simmons who knocked in her second goal of the game. Tyler would close out the first half scoring with her third goal to complete the hat trick at 40:36.
The win was the second of the season for TKC which brought their overall record to 2-6 while it evened their record within the HVIAC to 1-1. Berkeley fell to 0-2 in the HVIAC and 0-2 overall.
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The Berkeley College women's soccer team opened up its Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference portion of the schedule on Wednesday evening, as the Knights dropped a match to the Lions of The King's College (NY) in a 70-minute contest by a score of 6-0 at Aviator Field in Brooklyn, NY. With the loss, the Knights dipped to a mark of 0-2 on the 2016 campaign, while the Lions improved to a record of 2-6 (1-1 HVIAC).
The King's College did all of its damage in the opening half, as the Lions scored all six of their goals in the first session. Following 10 minutes of scoreless soccer, Madeline Tyler netted the first goal of the game, as she collected a pass from May Overmyer before depositing it in the net to give her team a 1-0 advantage. Less than five minutes later in the 16th minute, Kara Simmons notched an unassisted tally to push her team's lead to 2-0.
Later – at 26:47 – Overmyer would strike again – this team scoring an unassisted goal to push the Lions' edge to three goals at 3-0. Tyler would account for The King's College's fourth goal at 30:55, while also assisting on a Simmons goal at 39:33 to put the Lions ahead by a score of 5-0. Tyler rounded out the scoring by recording her third goal of the match, as she scored at the 40:36 mark to put the Lions ahead 6-0.
The King's College had a plethora of opportunities against the short-handed Knights, as the Lions out-shot Berkeley College by a count of 22-0 on the evening, while also holding a 5-1 edge in corner kick opportunities. Ann Marie Carlson and Simmons split time in net, as Carlson logged 45 minute of action, and Simmons playing the final 25 between the pipes. Neither netminder would face a shot.
Despite the loss for the Knights, Ayashaii Vernon recorded seven saves.
