WATERBURY, Conn. – Senior forward Alyssa Hebb netted her second goal in as many games for Post University Women's Soccer, but the Eagle offense would fall behind early by multiple goals again, leading to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Queens College on Saturday afternoon at LaMoy Field. Post ends the three-game homestand with an 0-3-0 record as they prepare to face Wilmington University next Saturday in their conference opener on the road.

THE BASICS 
Post University 1, Queens College 2 

Post University (0-3-0)

Queens College (2-2-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
Outshot 15-3 in the first half, the Eagles managed to hold off the offensive firepower of the Knights with sophomore goalkeeper Aryn Nisbet in the net making all four saves she needed to which kept the score even. Freshman goalkeeper Samantha Hines-Hirsch, who had started the first three games of the season for Queens College, only needed to make one save in net as the first 45 minutes went by without a score.

Sophomore defender Lluvy Lewis got the game's first goal in the 66th minute of the second half as she received a backward pass from sophomore forward Jenna Rosenberger about 25 yards away from the goal mouth. Firing away on Nisbet, she would beat her in the right corner as the Knights who would end up adding an insurance goal moments later on freshman forward Abigail Jalocha's goal from senior defender Sarah Anderson.

Anderson lifted a pass from the defensive side of the field which hit Jalocha in stride as she went over Nisbet's head with the soft touch and scored to make it a 2-0 game. Just after the water break at the 70-minute mark of the affair, Hebb got Post back within one off a throw-in from the Knights with just under 12 minutes to go which was tipped by Hebb over to sophomore forward Jordyn Calas.

Hebb would streak through the defense and receive the ball back from Calas, locating it over the head of junior goalkeeper Jessica Daymond, who came in for the final 20 minutes of the affair, off the top right corner's crossbar. However, despite the constant pressure leading to four shot opportunities down the stretch for the Eagles, shots from sophomore defender Taylar Gottsegen would go just over the crossbar or into the hands of Daymond while Hebb and freshman midfielder Rhee Morrison's shots were over the top of the goal in the eventual 2-1 defeat.

BY THE NUMBERS 

• With 13 shots, including five shots on goal, in the second half of today's match, that is the most shots and shots on goal Post University has had in a single half so far this season
• With her second goal of the season today, Alyssa Hebb now has goals in back-to-back games for the first time in her career and has now tied her single-season high for goals with her 2021 season
• In the all-time series, Post University and Queens College continue to split their season series with neither side winning more than two games in a row across the first five matchups – The Eagles are 2-3-0 against the Knights since they started playing each other in 2013
• Post University remains winless in their last eight home games dating back to September 16th, 2023, against Wilmington University, they are 0-5-3 at home since their September 10th win over D'Youville University last fall

WHO'S NEXT 
Post University opens up its 2024 conference schedule with its first road match of the season against Wilmington University next Saturday at 12:00 PM. With a 4-2 loss last season at home against the Wildcats, the Eagles saw their four-game unbeaten streak in the all-time series snapped which started during the 2018 season. In the all-time series, Post is currently 7-13-1 against Wilmington heading into the match.