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FRESHMAN SIERRA LEGGE NAMED GNAC PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK
Mount Ida College women’s soccer freshman forward Sierra Legge (Schodack Landing, NY/Maple Hill) has been named this week’s Mustang-of-the-Week. In week one of the season Legge was also honored as the Player-of-the-Week for the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) after her impressive individual performance last week.
Legge notched three goals and one assist in a 5-1 non-conference win for Mount Ida in her first collegiate game at home last Thursday. Legge netted the first goal of the game on a bounding ball right outside of the 18 yard box popping a shot over Bay Path goalkeeper sophomore Melina Isdith (Rego Park, NY/HS for Health Professions) giving the Mustangs a 1-0 lead 15 minutes into the first half. Mount Ida junior Elena Ooms (Valatie, NY/Ichabod Crane) was credited with the assist.
The Mustangs pulled ahead by two scores on her second tally of the game on a well placed pass on the middle of the box by sophomore Leslie Campbell (Quincy, MA/Quincy). Legge geared up and blasted a shot into the top left corner for the 3-1 advantage.
The Mustangs added another on Legge’s third goal of the game completing the hat trick in her first collegiate contest. This goal she earned all on her own crushing a shot from the top of the 18 yard box with precision into the bottom left corner for a commanding 4-1 lead.
Legge added to her impressive day with an assist on a breakaway feeding fellow freshman Kaitlyn Affhauser (Cheshire, MA/Housac) with less than ten minutes to go in the contest for the 5-1 advantage. Legge had a one to beat but unselfishly dished it off to a wide open Affhauser who chipped the ball over a diving goaltender wrapping up an impressive start for the Mustangs.
The Mustangs will travel to their first GNAC bid of the season this Saturday at St. Joseph College (CT) with game time slated for 1:00 p.m.
