PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University women's soccer team concluded the 2026 season on Wednesday night, defeating neighboring Purchase College 2-0 on Senior Night. The Valiants will close the book on the year with a 7-9-0 record, finishing the campaign 5-6-0 against the Skyline Conference.
Prior to the start of the game, the Valiants recognized the team's seven departing seniors and graduate students.
Gabrielle Billetz (Clarksburg, Mass./Hoosac Valley),
Mia Camey (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays),
Evelin Chacha (Tarrytown, N.Y./Sleepy Hollow),
Avery Edwards (Sparrowbush, N.Y./Port Jervis),
Deanna Lage (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland),
Jenna Moraglia (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) and
Kailey Roxo (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) were each recognized for their contributions to the women's soccer program.
After the celebrations wrapped, the Valiants dominated the first half with a 12-4 advantage in the shot department. After Lage and Moraglia tested Purchase keeper Autumn Richards with shots on target in the opening 21 minutes,
Drita Tinaj (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) found the back of the net in the 31
st minute, collecting a breakout pass from
Jennay Amaral (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) beyond the Purchase backline and defeating Richards on the one-on-one. Tinaj ends the season with a team-best eight goals and 17 points, while the assist, Amaral's second, brought her final point total to eight.
Manhattanville added an insurance tally on their first shot of the second with Noemi Montengero burying a strike from
Jazleen Vega (Land O' Lakes, Fla./Sunlake) for her first goal of the year. Vega ends her rookie campaign with a team-high four assists.
Billetz ends her lone season with the women's soccer team with a clean sheet, turning away the lone shot on goal she faced in the first half. She wraps the campaign with a 5-8-0 record with 49 saves and a 1.70 goals-against average, earning her first solo shutout of the season.
In all, the Valiants outshot the Panthers 22-5, finishing with eight shots on target. Lage and Tinaj led Manhattanville with a pair of shots on goal each, while Montenegro's five total shots paced the team.
The Valiants drew all eight corner kicks in the affair.
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