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Women's Soccer Ends Banner Year with Semi-Final NESCAC Loss at Amherst - Laura Kurash '13 Named First-Team All-NESCAC, All-New England & District Academic All-American

Playing undefeated, top-seeded and nationally ranked #8 Amherst in a NESCAC semi-final matchup Sat., Nov. 5, the Cardinals held the Lord Jeffs off the board in the first half, thanks to seven first-half saves by goalie Jess Tollman '15 (#30, photo insert lower left). Amherst broke through the Wesleyan defense early in the second half, netting a marker just 3:27 into the second period, and added two more goals in the 70th and 80th minutes, to pick up its second 3-0 victory over Wesleyan in a two-week time frame. Amherst advances to the NESCAC title game against Williams, which got past Middlebury on penalty kicks in its semi-final. Wesleyan, with help from top-scorer Laura Kurash '13 (#8, main photo), posted its second-highest number of victories in a season in program history with a 9-6-1 final record. Only thre 1994 squad that went 12-4-1 had more victories. The Cardinals also defeated five NESCAC rivals for the first time ever in a single season, with wins over Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Conn. College and Trinity. Kurash was named first-team all-NESCAC for the second year in a row as well as CoSIDA/Capital One District II Academic All-American and first-team NSCAA all-New England with her 13 goals and four assists during the year, with six of her goals counting as game-winners.

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• Saturday, November 05, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Amherst College (NESCAC semifinal)
    L 0-3
• Saturday, October 29, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Tufts University (NESCAC quarterfinal)
    T 1-1 (2OT) - Wes advances on PKs, 5-3
• Tuesday, October 25, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Trinity College
    W 2-1
• Saturday, October 22, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Amherst College
    L 0-3
• Thursday, October 20, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Connecticut College
    W 2-1
• Saturday, October 15, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs St. Mary's College (MD)
    W 2-1
• Saturday, October 08, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Bates College
    W 1-0
• Wednesday, October 05, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Roger Williams University
    W 2-1
• Sunday, October 02, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Colby College
    W 4-2
• Saturday, October 01, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Middlebury College
    L 1-2 (2OT)
• Sunday, September 25, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Hamilton College
    L 1-3
• Saturday, September 24, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Williams College
    L 0-2
• Tuesday, September 20, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Salve Regina University
    W 3-0
• Saturday, September 17, 2011
  • Women's Soccer at Tufts University
    L 0-1
• Wednesday, September 14, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Eastern Connecticut State University
    W 3-0
• Saturday, September 10, 2011
  • Women's Soccer vs Bowdoin College
    W 2-1 (OT)