BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Northampton women's soccer team wrapped up their regular season on Monday evening, downing Harrisburg Area Community College, 5-2, on sophomore day at Spartan Field.
Harrisburg struck early, catching the Spartans off guard just 3 minutes into the contest as Beverly Mansaray snuck thru the defense and beat
Montana Cassaro (Bangor, PA /Bangor ) to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead.
Five minutes later,
Grace Jacoby (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg North ) found
Danielle Besser (Long Pond, PA/Pocono Mt. West ) for the equalizer to make it 1-1.
Hannah Seltzer (Reading, PA /Schuylkill Valley) scored her team-leading 21st goal with 22:31 remaining before halftime giving Northampton a 2-1 lead at the break.
During halftime, sophomores
Hannah Seltzer (Reading, PA /Schuylkill Valley),
Grace Jacoby (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg North ),
Angelique Herrera (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl),
Victoria Collier (Bangor, PA /Bangor ),
Christine Farrell (Morrisville, PA/Pennsbury ) and
Montana Cassaro (Bangor, PA /Bangor ) were each recognized for their careers with the Spartans.
Christine Farrell (Morrisville, PA/Pennsbury ) scored 3 minutes into the second stanza to give the Spartans a 3-1 lead and
Angelique Herrera (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl) added to the margin with a goal at the 25:11 mark.
Harrisburg cut the margin to 4-2 with 21:30 remaining, but Herrera added an insurance goal with just over 8 minutes left to make the final 5-2. Herrera finishes the regular season with 10 goals and 14 assists.
Cassaro made 12 saves in goal to earn the win.
The Spartans move to 10-3-0 overall and will now await the Region Soccer committee seeding on Wednesday morning.
The 10 victories is a program record for the Spartans, as Northampton will enter the postseason 8-2 in Region XIX and 8-0 in conference play.
Harrisburg finishes 2-8-0.