Julien Scores 5, Dukes Win 2
August 31, 2009 • By Alex Van Rees, Contributing writer
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The JMU women’s soccer team, led by senior forward Corky Julien, shut out the Bucknell Bison Sunday 3-0, lifting them to an undefeated weekend.
Julien scored all three goals of the game while the Dukes defense did the rest. JMU won both of its games this weekend in the JMU/Comfort Inn Harrisonburg Invitational soccer tournament.
“I felt very good today,” Julien said. “I felt loose and I wasn’t too overly nervous for the game. I was just ready to get here and play them as hard as I could.”
The first half was back-and-forth for the most part. The Dukes scored once on seven shots while the Bison were held scoreless on two shots. JMU junior goalkeeper Diane Wszalek had one save and Bucknell’s senior goalkeeper Kathryn Suttonhad three.
“We have been working on getting into our rhythm as a team,” JMU coach David Lombardo said. “I think that that really came through this weekend, and we’re ready for our upcoming games.”
Thirteen minutes into the second half, Julien scored her second goal of the day. Not even a minute later, she completed the hat trick. This weekend, she scored five of JMU’s eight goals.
“This game was important because it is helping us to build our confidence,” Julien said. “Our main goal right now is to get our confidence up for when we play the better teams in our conference.”
The Dukes took a 3-0 lead with about 30 minutes left in the game and did not surrender a goal. JMU shot 13 times, scoring twice. The Bison shot twice.
“The results were obviously not what we were looking for, but we did some things both offensively and defensively that we are proud of,” said Bucknell assistant coach Laura Kane. “We played better than we did on Friday against Towson.”
With the win, the women are now 2-1 on the season, while Bucknell dropped to 0-2. Both JMU and Towson won their games this weekend while Bucknell and Xavier dropped both of theirs.
“Well, I think it’s very important because in our non-conference games we don’t have a lot of automatic wins. We have to go out and earn them,” Lombardo said. “We showed that we can play great defense and put up some goals.”
The Dukes’ next game is 4 p.m Wednesday at Georgetown against the Hoyas.
Contact Alex Van Rees at vanreeap@jmu.edu
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