No. 2 Molloy – 2 | No. 3 Queens – 1 (2OT)
RVC Sports Complex | Rockville Centre, NY
Box Score
 
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Living up to the billing, No. 2 Molloy (7-6-3, 4-1-2 ECC) defeated No. 3 Queens (9-5-4, 3-1-3 ECC) 2-1 in double overtime of the Semifinal Round of the 2026 ECC Women's Soccer Championship at RVC Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, NY on Saturday afternoon.
 
The match began as a defensive battle, with both teams trying to take control of possession time. Around 15 minutes in the books, Molloy began to push the attack. The Lions eventually struck first in the 27^th minute by an impressive individual effort from Emily Scali when she beat a Queens defender and let off a long-range shot that deflected off the far post and into the goal. The first half was all Molloy, who dominated the possession time and kept Queens attack at bay. The Lions outshot the Knights 9-2 and had three shots on goal with four corners while Molloy’s stifling defense held Queens to just one shot on target and no corners.
 
After being outplayed for more than three quarters of the game, Queens got its first true opportunity in the 74^th minute when awarded a corner. Mia Hanson, sent in a dart that Anna Tavantz headed into the near top corner to equalize the contest at 1-1. Molloy had multiple chances to score the go-ahead goal in the 89^th minute, but 2026 ECC Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, Samantha Hines-Hirsch made back-to-back crucial saves just four seconds apart to keep the matchup knotted. A red card by Queens with eight seconds on the clock gave Molloy one last effort for a game-winning goal in regulation, but the Lions did get a shot off as time expired, sending the game to overtime.
 
There weren’t many occasions in the first 10-minute period of overtime as Queens had the only shot and only corner in the frame.
 
In the second overtime period Jana Strait would play hero for the Lions. Bella Juliano drove in a corner to Strait who headed in a shot that banked off the hands of Hines-Hirsch and landed into the net for the golden goal in the 103^rd minute.
 
Molloy advances to the ECC Women’s Soccer Championship Final for the sixth time over the past seven postseasons and for the seventh time overall in program history.
 
Molloy Notes

• Molloy finished the afternoon with 18 shots, eight shots on goal and a dominating 11-2 advantage in corner kicks.
• The Lion’s defense was stellar, holding the Knights to just two shots on goal, which was a season-best for Molloy and to eight shots, marking the fifth straight match Molloy has held its opponent to eight or less shots.
• Strait scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season and it was also her third game-winning goal.
• Scali’s tally was her first of the year.
• The assist on the game-winning goal that came from Juliano was her sixth helper of the season, which leads Molloy.
• Scali and Isabella Muro led the Lions attack with five shots apiece while Madison Keenan took three and Strait had two.
• Making her 16^th start in goal, Elyse Muñoz had a quiet day, making one save on the two shots she faced.
• Prior to the start of the match, Molloy junior forward Madison Falkowski was honored as the winner of 2026 ECC Women's Soccer Elite Award. Modeled off of the NCAA's Elite 90 Award, this award is presented to a competing student-athlete with the highest grade point average in each of the conference's championships. Falkowski has compiled a perfect 4.0 GPA as a childhood education.

 
Queens Notes

• The Knights played in overtime for the second straight match in the postseason.
• Tavantz was Queens’ leader in the semis, scoring her sixth goal of the year and recording both Knight’s shots on goal.
• Hanson logged her team-high seventh assists of the stanza, recording an assist in both tournament games for Queens.
• Keeley Harden also had two shots in the contest.
• ECC Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, Samantha Hines-Hirsch, had six saves in 103:00.

 
No. 1 Mercy – 1 | No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan – 0
Mercy Field | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Box Score
 
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Top-seeded Mercy (11-3-4, 6-1 ECC) eliminated the defending ECC Champion, No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan (8-4-6, 3-2-2 ECC), 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in the 2026 ECC Women's Soccer Championship Semifinal Round at Mercy Field in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Mercy gets its revenge after being upset by Roberts in last year’s Championship Final.
 
A scoreless first half got underway with one shot a piece, neither on goal, by both teams through the first 15 minutes. Mercy had ample scoring chances after taking control of the game in the later stages of the half, most notability in the 39^th minute when a shot by Femke Demets was saved by Roberts Wesleyan goalkeeper Rebecca Hoffman to preserve the shutout. The shots were 6-2 in favor of the Mavericks in the half and the Mavs also had four shots on goal and a pair of corners, while the Redhawks had no shots on the mark and no corners.
 
After not much offensive action, Roberts put the pressure on with back-to-back scoring chances within 25 seconds, by Savannah Sweet and Mackenzie Hagen but Mercy keeper Anneliese Becker was stout in the net stopping both. Mercy scored the go-ahead goal in 78^th minute. A deflection off a Roberts defender, allowed Hailey Metzger a clean shot that she blasted off the left boot to the top right corner of the post, breaking the game’s scoreless streak and putting the Mavs ahead 1-0. Over the final 11 minutes of play, the Redhawks could not find the game-tying goal, failing to get a shot off in the waning moments.
 
Mercy returns to the ECC Women’s Soccer Championship Final for second consecutive season and for the seventh time in program history.
 
Mercy Notes

• The goal by Metzger was her first game-winner and her fourth goal of the 2026 season.
• 2026 ECC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Astrid Borglund paced the Mavs with three shots (one on goal).
• Metzger and reserve Khloe Welch each had a pair of shots, while both of Metzger’s shots were on target and one of Welch’s was on goal.
• As a unit, Mercy outshot Roberts 10-7, had a slight edge in shots on goal (6-4), but the Mavs flexed their muscle on corner kicks, taking eight compared to none for the Redhawks.
• Mercy starting keeper, Becker posted her eighth win and fifth clean sheet in 2026 and had an identical statline against Roberts as she did in the regular season meeting on October 3, making four saves and giving up no goals in 90 minutes of play.

 
Roberts Wesleyan Notes

• After a two-goal, 20 shot performance in the First Round, the Redhawks attack cooled down, scoring no goals and having just seven shots (four on goal) in the Semifinal Round.
• Sweet and Gracie Groome combined for four shots – two each – and both accounted for one shot on goal apiece.
• Hoffman played the entire game in net and made five saves.

 
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Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: Daemen University (Amherst, N.Y.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); D'Youville University (Buffalo, N.Y.); Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy University (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester, N.Y.); College of Staten Island (Staten Island, N.Y.); and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). The ECC also is home to 13 associate members in the sports of women’s bowling (3), men’s and women’s indoor track & field (3), men's volleyball (2), field hockey (1), and men’s lacrosse (1).

The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men’s and women’s basketball; women's bowling; men’s and women’s cross country; field hockey; men’s and women’s lacrosse; men’s and women’s indoor track and field; men’s and women’s outdoor track and field; men’s and women’s soccer; softball; and men's and women’s volleyball.
 
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.