Utica, NY – The Sage Colleges' women's soccer team opened the 2014 campaign on Saturday facing Hilbert College in the SUNY-IT Wildcat Invitational. The Gators dropped a heartbreaker 1-0 to Hilbert in head coach Andrew Gamarra's debut. Sage will face the tournament host, SUNY-IT on Sunday at noon on the SUNY-IT campus.

Hilbert scored the lone goal of the action in the final two minutes of play as Chelsea Olson pushed a goal through at the 88:41 mark on a feed from Megan Van Norman.

Sage's senior goalie Teagan Waddingham (Coeymans Hollow, NY/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk) made five saves in the action as the Gators challenged Hilbert with 17 shots. Sage outshot Hilbert 17-7, but goalie Grace Adams made 11 saves in earning the win. Waddingham now has 220 career saves and moved into the No. 4 spot on the career save list as she moved ahead of Kysa Berg (1992-1993, 216).

                         2014 Sage Women's Soccer Stats

           Hilbert vs The Sage Colleges (Aug 30, 2014 at Marcy, N.Y.)

Hilbert (1-0) vs. The Sage Colleges (0-1)       Date: Aug 30, 2014  Attendance: 62

Weather: sunny, 70s

Goals by period       1  2  Tot

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Hilbert.............  0  1 -  1

The Sage Colleges...  0  0 -  0

SCORING SUMMARY:

1.  88:41 HILW Chelsea Olson (Megan Van Norman)

Shots: Hilbert 7, The Sage Colleges 17

Saves: Hilbert 11 (Grace Adams 11), The Sage Colleges 5 (Waddingham, Teagan 5)