BOXSCORE TYLER, Texas --
Reilly Condidorio scored both goals as Fredonia State opened its season with a 2-0 victory over Texas-Tyler.
Condidorio, a senior, missed all of 2010 because of a knee injury. She wasted little time finding the touch which had her on pace to set school records in both goals and points prior to the injury.
Meaghan Meszaros made three saves to collect her eighth collegiate shutout. She was fronted by a defensive effort which earned high praise from head coach
Chris Case.
"We played pretty darn good," Case said. "Coming down here, dealing with the 100 degree heat, we did well and we were very balanced."
Condidorio scored her first goal at the 5:19 mark. Gaining control of the ball in the midfield, she dribbled another 10 yards to get away from two defenders then drilled a 35-yard shot over the outstretched reach of the Tyler goalkeeper.
The Blue Devils added insurance at 75:32. That's when Condidorio scored into the lower corner on a shot from near the penalty-shot spot.
Lindsay Putman set up the goal when she ran down a ball in the corner and eluded a defender before passing.
Condidorio's goals were her 21st and 22nd as a Blue Devil. She moved up three spots on the all-time Blue Devil list, from No. 8 to No. 5. In addition, she now has 54 career points, seventh most in Blue Devil history.
Meszaros was not required to make any difficult saves; all three were on distant shots. Part of the reason was the play of the defensive quartet of
Lyz Dembrow,
Shannon Letina, Maddie Brown, and
Sara Wilczek.
"Our back line," Case said, "was the most organized I've ever seen for the first game of a season."
The Blue Devils stay in the Lone Star State for their next game. They face Texas-Dallas at 8 p.m. Sunday.
