NAZARETH BLANKS ALFRED, 8-0
Golden Flyers close out regular-season schedule Saturday at Union
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2006) -- Senior Rosie Simiele scored twice and added two assists and sophomore Rachel Cushman also scored twice Tuesday as Nazareth blanked visiting Alfred in women's soccer, 8-0, at Golden Flyer Stadium.

The Empire 8 Conference victory enabled the Golden Flyers to improve to 3-3-1 in conference games and 7-5-3 overall. Alfred is 0-6-1 and 2-13-1. Nazareth still needs assistance from RIT against St. John Fisher Wednesday in order to qualify for next week's conference tournament. An RIT win or tie against Fisher would land Nazareth the fourth playoff spot. The E8 Tournament begins Nov. 2.

The Golden Flyers had little difficulty against Alfred and they enjoyed a 25-2 edge in shots and a 12-1 advantage on corner kicks. Simiele's first goal came just over four minutes into the game as she converted a pass from Kelly Finn. Just over a minute later Simiele assisted Cushman, who headed in a crossing pass. Cushman scored her team-leading seventh goal in the 19th minute to make the score 3-0 before halftime.

Nazareth scored five more times in the second half with Simiele picking up her second assist of the game on a goal by Julie Birbilis (pictured) . Finn and Simiele also scored in the second half, with Birbilis picking up assists on each.

Freshmen Kathleen Niland and Caitlin Welch each netted their first career goals.

Nazareth used three goalkeepers with junior Shannon Burns getting credit for one save in the first 45 minutes. Freshmen Polly Muehlenkamp and Kiera DeNoyer also played.

Nazareth closes out the regular-season portion of its schedule Saturday at Union at 1 p.m.