Senior Laura Ellis scored her second goal of the season in the 79th minute but it wouldn't be enough as the Canisius College women's soccer team dropped their first home game of the year to the Marist Red Foxes at the Demske Sports Complex by a score of 3-1 Sunday afternoon. The Golden Griffins are now 9-6-0 overall and 3-2-0 in MAAC play while Marist improves to 9-7-0 overall and 5-1-0 in league action.

"We came up short today," Canisius College head coach Jim Wendling said. "We didn't give our best effort, no excuses. We had opportunities and didn't take advantage and that made the difference."

The Golden Griffins and Red Foxes played a scoreless first half as Marist out shot the Blue and Gold 7-5. In what has been the Griffs most dominant half in 2010, it was Marist that gave the first blow as Jaclynn Sabia scored in the 47th minute to put the Red Foxes up 1-0. Kathryn Hannis made it 2-0 just three minutes later lofting a shot over senior goalkeeper Lesley Ivinac in the 50th minute of play. Canisius would find offensive life later in the half as Ellis took a lead passes from freshman Brianna Smith and junior Jenny Griffin and slipped it past Marist goalkeeper Jamie Balzarini to cut the deficit to 2-1. However Marist's offense would not let up, as Jackie Frey weaved her way through the Canisius defense and crossed a pass over to Sabia who took advantage for her second tally of the contest in the 88th minute to seal the victory for Marist with a final score of 3-1.

Ivinac made her 10th start of the season as she made four saves allowing three goals as she was credited with the loss. Balzarini mad six saves allowing one goal for the win. Junior Kelly Reinwald tried to supply the Griffs with more offense firing a team-leading seven shots, five of which were on goal.

The women's soccer team will return to action Oct. 22 when the team plays at Fairfield. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Game Notes: Marist now leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 9-5-0 count... The Griffs are 5-1-0 at home in 2010... Ellis' goal was the ninth in her career.