Allyson Schwerdt scored the go-ahead goal with 15:44 remaining in the second half to help Ward Melville to a 3-1 win over Longwood. Jennifer Morin and Lauren Guiffre combined for 22 saves for Melville. Longwood 0 1 1 Ward Melville 1 2 3 Goals – L: Alessi; WM: Schwerdt 2, Stone. Saves – L: S.Raupp 14; WM: Morin 8, Guiffre 14. Sept. 10
Leah Patriss’ goal off an indirect kick from 20 yards with 10 minutes to play in the second half lifted Longwood to a 2-1 win over Miller Place. Cheryl Dickter, who assisted on the Patriss goal, tied the game a minute earlier, after Jen Shanks had given Miller Place a 1-0 lead 16:30 into the second half . Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 13 Sep 1996
Patchogue-Medford 1 0 0 Longwood 0 0 0 Goals – P: Grieco. Saves – P: Bona 12; L: Raupp 17. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 14 Sep 1996
Lindsay Tutone scored on an assist from Kerri Murphy 1:30 into the game to give Longwood a 1-0 lead in its 3-0 win over Bay Shore. Sept. 20
Longwood 2 1 3 Patchogue-Medford 1 0 1 Goals – L: Paolino, Ambrose, Bosshard; PM: Kelley. Saves – L: Hamilton 5; PM: Guzzardo 6. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 20 Sep 1996:
Smithtown 0 2 0 0 2 Longwood 2 0 0 0 2 Goals – S: own goal, Hans; L: Patriss, Murphy. Saves – S: Goldman 2, Muller 12; L: Raupp 13. Sept. 22
Cheryl Dickter had a goal and an assist in the first half as Longwood (2-1) beat Copiague (0-3), 5-0. Sept. 28
Kim Raupp had two goals, one in each half, and one assist and Laura Tilley netted two second-half goals as Longwood (3-2) beat Brentwood 7-1. Gabriela Franco made 21 saves for Brentwood (1-3-1). Brentwood 0 1 1 Longwood 2 5 7 Goals – B: Schmidt; L: K. Raupp 2, Tilley 2, J. Raupp, Patriss, Cook. Saves – B: Franco 21; L: Kleber 4, J. Raupp 3. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 05 Oct 1996:
Longwood 2 2 4 Bellport 0 0 0 Goals – L: K. Raupp, Dickter, Patriss, Murphy. Saves – L: Kleber 1, J. Raupp 2; B: Jaeger 20. Oct. 10
Michelle Dabe, Adrianne Wenisch and Debbie Lewonka each scored in the first half as Middle Country (6-0-1) beat Longwood (5-3), 3-0. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 17 Oct 1996:
Longwood Upsets Commack:
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 25 Oct 1996:
Kim Raupp scored the first of her two goals 3 minutes, 7 seconds into the game and Lindsay Tutone scored the first of her two goals 14:40 into the game as 16th-seeded Longwood knocked off ninth-seeded Commack (3-9-1), 4-1, in a county Class A girls soccer outbracket game.
“It’s hard to figure against a team you’ve never played,” said coach Austin Manghan of Longwood (8-5-1). “We’re the lowest seed, so we’re underdogs against everyone.”
Longwood 0 0 0 Huntington 1 2 3 Goals – H: Mueller, Coffas, Caramanica. Saves – L: Raupp 13; H: Guido 11. Oct 27