Senior forward Valerie Barnhart tallied the 200th point of her career and helped to lead Stevens past Farmingdale in the Skyline Semifinals.

HOBOKEN, N.J. - The top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology women's soccer team cruised to an 8-0 win over fourth-seeded Farmingdale State in the semifinals of the Skyline Conference women's soccer tournament on Wednesday at DeBaun Field.  Stevens advances to the championship game where it will face third-seeded St. Joseph’s on Saturday at 1 p.m. at DeBaun Field in Hoboken, N.J.

Stevens exploded for six goals in the first half of the game.  Senior forward Valerie Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown) scored Stevens' first goal of the game to notch her 200th career point at the 21:08 mark when she dribbled in and scored on a shot to the inside of the left post.  Barnhart recorded her second goal of the game six minutes later on a cross from sophomore Heather Dean (Renton, Wash./Charles Lindbergh).  Junior Lorrie Brabender (Newark, Del./Padua Academy) scored just over a minute later when she took a through ball from freshman back Sara Roeder (Portland, Ore./Sunset).  Freshman midfielder Catherine Rotsides (Morristown, N.J./Morristown) notched her first goal of the game at 40:42 with a shot off the right post.  Dean scored less than a minute later when freshman back Lauren Buroojy (Newtown, Pa./George School) set her up from eight yards away.  Freshman midfielder Siena York-Carr (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior) scored the Ducks last goal of the half at the 43:11 mark with Barnhart and Rotsides assisting.

Rotsides added the Ducks seventh goal of the game at the 50:11 mark when she scored on a long shot with Farmingdale State goalkeeper Pam Baione caught out of the net.  Sophomore back Cristina Fulgencio (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan E. Wagner) notched Stevens' last goal of the game a minute later with freshman midfielder Heather Comerci (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury) and freshman forward Gina Crifasi (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Tech) assisting on the goal.

Stevens held a 23-4 advantage in shots.  Sophomore goalkeeper Erica Midttveit (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial) stopped one shot to earn her 13th shutout of the season.  Pam Baione had seven saves for Farmingdale.

 Goals by period       1  2  Tot

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 Farmingdale State...  0  0 -  0

 Stevens.............  6  2 -  8

 SCORING SUMMARY:

  1.  21:08 SIT BARNHART, Valerie (unassisted)

  2.  27:17 SIT BARNHART, Valerie (DEAN, Heather)

  3.  28:29 SIT BRABENDER, Lorrie (ROEDER, Sara)

  4.  40:42 SIT ROTSIDES, Catherine (unassisted)

  5.  41:08 SIT DEAN, Heather (BUROOJY, Lauren)

  6.  43:11 SIT YORK-CARR, Siena (BARNHART, Valerie;ROTSIDES, Catherine)

  7.  50:11 SIT ROTSIDES, Catherine (unassisted)

  8.  51:29 SIT FULGENCIO, Cristina (COMERCI, Heather;CRIFASI, Gina)

 Shots: Farmingdale State 4, Stevens 23

 Saves: Farmingdale State 7 (Baione, Pam 7), Stevens 1 (MIDTTVEIT,

 Erica 1)