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ALFRED, NY – Senior goalkeeper Sammy Jo Shanahan (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) broke the career saves record that was set in 1992 by Julie Francis as the Alfred University women's soccer team lost to visiting Hartwick College Sunday afternoon, 1-0.
 
Shanahan tied the school record on Saturday when the Saxons (4-6-3, 1-1-2 Empire 8) topped visiting Sage College in overtime. She had six stops in that contest and five on Sunday. The previous record was 542 saves in a collegiate career. After Sunday's match, Shanahan now has 547 with five more contests still in the regular season.
 
The Hawks (8-4, 4-1 Empire 8) got on the board early as Sierra Bentley set up Rachel Weir for the game's lone goal in the 13^th minute of play.
 
The Saxons tightened up their defense for the remainder of the game led by seniors Miranda Gilbert (Watertown, NY/Watertown),  Leigha Allen (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), and junior Olivia Cronmiller (Livonia, NY/Livonia). Offensively, the Saxons were led by sophomore Lexi Riffelbach (Clifton Park, NY/Catholic Central) and first-year Amanda Guariglia (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South), both making strong pushes in the final 25 minutes of action.
 
"Coming in the game, we knew that Hartwick was atop of the conference so we decided to go with a different formation to clog the middle up on them," said head coach Craig Yanni. "The Second half, we got a really go push with the girls busting their tails. We need to continue with our strong work ethic in order to compete with the teams in our conference."
 
Cassandra Robataille picked up the win for the Hawks, making one save.
 
The Saxons are off until Saturday, October 14^th, as the travel to face No. 16 Stevens Institute of Technology at 12 p.m.