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Villanova 1 St. John's 1 For the fifth time in nine games this season, the St. John's men's soccer team left the field Saturday without a winner determined. Playing in uncertain weather on the road for the second straight game, the Red Storm tied Villanova, 1-1 in their fifth double-overtime game of the season.
Seniors Pamela Petruski and Sarah Fry of the St. John's cross country team finished first and second, respectively, at the Paul Short Invite last Friday at Lehigh University. Despite placing 24th out of 39 teams in the meet, St. John's managed to improve their average 6K time to 23:47 from the 25:37 the team finished with at the Iona Meet of Champions.
After finishing second in the Big East in goals scored last year and returning their top seven scorers, the St. John's men's soccer team expected to have a potent offense. So far this season, that has not been the case. Saturday's 1-1 draw against Villanova yielded only the sixth goal of the season for the Red Storm, as the team had been shut out the previous three games against Big East teams of varying skill level.
Freshman Peter Ballo finished second overall at the Mission Inn Intercollegiate last weekend. Ballo completed the tournament with a score of 76-66-70-212 (-1), which tied him for second place in the tournament individually with Appalachian State's Casey Johnson and Florida Gulf Coast's Josh Leppo.
Kristin Russell entered my lexicon of favorite athletes Sunday.No, the St. John's goalkeeper didn't add another shutout to her legend and come one step closer to the St. John's all time record. She didn't take matters into her own hands to leave her post and take on Cincinnati herself for the ever-so-rare goalkeeper goal, either.
Cincinnati 1 St. John's 0 Kristin Russell will have to wait for another shot to chip away at the St. John's all-time shutouts record. The Red Storm's sophomore goalkeeper entered Sunday's game against Cincinnati with 15 career shutouts, four shy of tying the program record.
The St. John's women's soccer is approaching one of the most crucial segments of the season, the October road trip. Past October road trips were the main barrier blocking the Red Storm from attaining their first NCAA Tournament bid. Two years ago, they cruised to an 8-1-3 record before they faced a four game road trip, where they went 1-3.
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