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Staten Island, N.Y.— The John Jay women's soccer team was eliminated from championship contention on Sunday as the Bloodhounds lost to Medgar Evers College, 2-1, in the semifinal round of the 2010 Applebee's / City University of New York Athletic Conference women's soccer championship at the College of Staten Island Soccer Complex.

With the loss, John Jay is now 2-10-1 overall this season as the Bloodhounds will wrap up their inaugural season with a regular season match against Yeshiva University on November 9.

In the loss to Medgar Evers on Sunday, the Cougars, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, scored a pair of goals in the first half to lead by a pair. Medgar Evers took a 1-0 lead just 3:56 into the contest on a strike by Laura Morales off a corner kick taken by Renel Dennis.

Medgar Evers scored again early in the thirty-fourth minute when Dennis and Morales reconnected. This time is was Dennis scoring off an assist by Morales as the Cougars took a two goal lead.

The first forty-four minutes of the season half were scoreless, before John Jay got on the board on a goal by Alexis Ochoa (Whittier, CA, La Serna) in the final minute. But it was too little too late as the Cougars held on to advance to the conference championship to face top seeded College of Staten Island next Saturday.

Medgar Evers outshot John Jay 14-9 in the contest, and took five corner kicks to one for the Bloodhounds.

Marcelina Kopec (Staten Island, NY, Franklin D. Rooselvelt) made seven saves in net for John Jay.

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