GENESEO, NY – The Alfred University women's soccer fell to No. 8 Geneseo Tuesday afternoon, 3-0.
 
The Saxons (3-5-3, 0-0-2 Empire 8) knew that this was a tough task at hand and played solid defense for the first 75 minutes of the contest led by seniors Miranda Gilbert (Watertown, NY/Watertown), Leigha Allen (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) and junior Erin Siebert (Campbell, NY/ John F. Kennedy).
 
The Knights (10-0-1) scored all three of their goals over a span of five minutes late into the second half. Audrey Reid scored the game's first goal at the 76^th minute and again in the 77^th minute. Leah Greene capped off the scoring in the 81^st minute.
 
"We held a top ten team in the country scoreless for the first 70-75 minutes," said head coach Craig Yanni. "The team stuck to the game plan and executed it for a majority of the game."
 
Senior goalie Sammy Jo Shanahan (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) made 14 saves of 17 shots faced in the loss. Shanahan is seven saves away from breaking the all-time career saves record set by Julie Francis, who played from 1989-1992.
 
The Saxons return home this Saturday, October 7^th, as they host Sage College at 1 p.m.