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Mineola Native Scores First Goals of College Career in Maritime Win
Marisa Athan nets two goals in second half to lift SUNY Privateers to 2-1 record.
The SUNY Maritime women's soccer team improved to 2-1 Wednesday night after Mineola-native Marisa Athan scored her first two goals of her collegiate career in a 3-0 shutout over the Lehman Lightning.
Athan, a freshman, scored both goals in the second half of the contest, the first being in the 71st minute off a corner kick that junior Kadie Hook sent to the center of the box and was met mid-air by the head of Athan that found the net.
The second goal came less than five minutes later off a touch-pass from Jorrie Trenkamp in front of the goal that she got past Lehman goalie Marleny Hernandez.
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Athan, a member of the Mineola High School Class of 2013 was part of the conference championship team last year while serving as captain and was also named to the all-conference team. At Maritime, she has a total of 9 shots on net this year in 259 total minutes played. She plans to major in Marine Environmental Science at Maritime.
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