Brooklyn, NY – Backed by two goals apiece from senior captains Sydney McNutt (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) and Megan Fritz (Cape Coral, FL/Mariner), the Wagner women's soccer team earned a 5-3 victory over LIU Brooklyn in their first Northeast Conferenced (NEC) game on Friday evening.

LIU Brooklyn jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jenn Peters in the 22nd minute. McNutt tied the game ten minutes later after receiving a feed from sophomore Sandra Battista (Staten Island, NY/Notre Dame Academy). With five minutes remaining before intermission, Fritz gave the Seahawks a 2-1 lead, when Battista recorded her second helper of the match, as the Cape Coral, FL native fired the ball into the top-right corner of the net from 20 yards out. 

The Green & White struck first in the second half as senior Taylor Sackaris (St. James, NY/Smithtown East) converted a Kristen Bischoff (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) cross to double Wagner's lead at 3-1. 

The Blackbirds answered back with a goal from Madison Gomez, trimming the deficit to 3-2. The Seahawk co-captains added two more tallies that gave Wagner a 5-2 advantage with Fritz connecting on her team-leading fifth goal of the season on a shot from 25 yards away to make it 4-2. 

Two minutes later, McNutt's second direct free kick marker of the season gave the Seahawks a three-goal lead. LIU Brooklyn rallied, but Marian Awad's goal was not enough, as the Seahawks closed out the 5-3 victory. The Seahawks tied their season high with five goals. Katie Viscardi(Hazlet, NJ/Mater Dei Prep) in goal earned her first win of the season in net after recording five saves in 90 minutes. 
 

 

Wagner will travel up to Fairfield, CT on October 7, when they face Sacred Heart at 12:00 p.m.

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