BOXSCORE ROANOKE, Va. -- Senior forward
Reilly Condidorio (LeRoy) scored in the 85th minute and senior goaalkeeper
Meaghan Meszaros (Selden) withstood Roanoke's final counter in Fredonia State's 1-0 season-opening win Friday.
Condidorio was the target of a pass into the box by sophomore midfielder
Maggie Horan (Livonia). The ball appeared to deflect off the back of a Roanoke player and Condidorio pounced on the loose ball. She took one touch around the defender and ripped a shot into the top of the net with 4:57 remaining.
Meszaros was called on almost immediately to make the goal stand and came through with her best save of the night. With a shot arcing in above and behind her, she dove backward to deflect the ball with her hand. The ball glanced off the cross bar and fell dangerously into the crease, whereupon freshman defender
Sarah Lindovski (Baldwinsville) cleared it away just before a Roaonke player got there.
The game temperature at kickoff in the range of 100 degrees, yet the Blue Devils wrested the early momentum. Roanoke had the better of it later in the first half and misfired on two good scoring chances. Fredonia State was also the aggressor early in the second half, only to have momentum swing back toward Roanoke prior to Condidorio's goal. Roanoke then kept the pressure on, even after Meszaros's big save, but the last good chance and come and gone.
The Blue Devils will have another tough test Saturday when they face Lynchburg -- No. 15 in the NCAA Division III preseason rankings -- at 5 p.m. on the Roanoke campus.
