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JAMAICA, NY— The York College women's soccer team experienced some growing pains in its second-ever contest, losing to conference-foe the College of Staten Island (CSI) by a score of 8-0 on Saturday afternoon.
The Dolphins put up a crooked number quickly, netting the game's first two goals in the third minute of play. Demi-Jean Martorano scored both goals for CSI at 2:18 and 2:55, with the assists coming from Melissa Gelardi and Natalie Tombasco respectively. The Dolphins added another goal in the 29
th minute by Lauren Neglia to make it 3-0 going into halftime.
The wheels fell off for York in the second half as CSI added five more goals. Tombasco added two second-half goals and Martorano added another, which gave her a hat trick on the afternoon. Tombasco and Martorano each picked up an assist as well to add to their big scoring day. CSI's Samantha Wysokowski and Christina Sgarlato each added goals to round out the scoring.
The loss drops York's record to 0-2 in its inaugural season, while Staten Island improves to 2-1. York will visit NYU-Polytechnic on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.
