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Elmira, NY -- Despite their strong effort on the pitch, the Elmira College women's soccer team (3-6-1, 1-1-1 E8) could not get find the back of the net today as they fell 1-0 to St. John Fisher College (5-7, 1-0 E8) at home. Amanda Banner '17 recorded nine saves on the day, the second most in any game this season for the newcomer.

The Soaring Eagles played for more than just the name on the front of their jerseys today as they held their second annual Kick It To Cancer game, wearing pink jerseys in support of the fight against breast cancer. They also recognized and thanked the local Soaring Capital Soccer Club for their continued support by having the U-11 girls team walk out with the EC players during the announcing of the starting lineups.

The first half was played mostly in the neutral area as neither team had many opportunities to put the ball on the net. The Cardinals were able to notch the first and only goal of the game in the 25th minute when Chelsea Oberkrieser sent a blast from 25 yards out and over Banner's head. The 1-0 score would hold until halftime.

St. John Fisher would outshoot EC 14-3 in the second half, but Banner did her part in net to keep the deficit at one. EC began increasing their offensive pressure with about 15 minutes to go and were almost rewarded with the game-tying goal, however, an offside call negated Kelsie DeKarski '14's goal and kept Fisher in the lead. The Cardinals held off the Elmira charge at the end to secure the 1-0 victory.

Elmira will look to rebound from today's loss next Saturday, October 12th when they host Ithaca College in Empire 8 Conference play. Kick-off is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.