Oct. 1, 2002

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Dominica Reina scored two goals and Kaitlin Schmidt added as St. John's held off a furious Stony Brook rally and held on for a 3-2 win Tuesday afternoon at University Field. The win improves the Red Storm to 6-1-3 while Stony Brook drops to 2-7-2.

St. John's jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half. Reina took a through pass early in the game, cut it back past two defenders and slipped a shot past stony Brook goalie Lauren Kohn (Port Washington, Wisc.) for a 1-0 lead at the 12:50 mark. Kaitlin Schmidt made the score 2-0 in the 29th minute on a left-footed shot from 18 yards out and 2:22 later Reina upped the lead to 3-0 when she knocked in a cross from Schmidt at 30:32.

Kirsandra Seaton (Medford, N.Y.) ignited the Stony Brook rally late in the first half, pouncing on the rebound of a Jen Fontanetta shot that hit the crossbar and booting it home to slice the SJU lead to 3-1. The second half was all Stony Brook as the Seawolves outshot the Red Storm 14-1. Jacqueline Anthony's (New Brighton, Minn.) sliding shot found its way past SJU keeper Tracey Rollings at 47:10 and the Seawolves were within one. The Seawolves created several chances down the stretch but came up empty. Beth Arikian's (West Islip, N.Y.) shot with two minutes remaining in the game found its way through a maze of players only to hit the post before Rollings fell on it on the goal line to preserve the win.

Rollings made eight saves to earn the win. Kohn recorded three stops in the loss.

Stony Brook is back in action on Sunday when it travels to Albany for a 2:30 kick-off.