Tournament MVP Christine Gans (Pittsburgh, PA/Mount Lebanon) scored the game-winning goal in the 10th minute of action to lift Long Island to the NEC Women's Soccer Championship with a 2-0 victory over Monmouth on Sunday afternoon at LIU Field in Brooklyn, NY. Gans also added her league-leading 11th assist of the year on a Tasia Davis (San Francisco, CA/Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep) marker in the 70th minute.  With the victory, the Blackbirds advance to the NCAA Women’s College Cup for the second time in the program’s ten-year history. Long Island will learn its NCAA opponent on Monday, Nov. 6 as the tournament selection show will be televised live on ESPNEWS between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.



2006 NEC Women's Soccer Tournament
at Long Island University • Brooklyn, NY

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Semifinals
Fri.	Nov. 3	Game 1: #1 Long Island 2, #4 Sacred Heart 0	Final | Boxscore | Recap
		Game 2: #2 Monmouth 2, #3 CCSU 1	Final | Boxscore | Recap
Championship
Sun.	Nov. 5	Game 3: #1 Long Island 2, #2 Monmouth 0               (MVP: Christine Gans, LIU)	Final | Boxscore | Recap