St. John’s Draws with Columbia, 3-3

Friday, August 27

Queens, N.Y. (Belson Stadium)

6 p.m.

St. John's University

2-0-1, 0-0-0

Columbia University

0-0-1, 0-0-0

Columbia

St. John's (NY)

8/27/2021 11:16:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Kajan records third-straight multi-goal outing

For the first time this season, the St. John's women's soccer team saw its match go into extra minutes, as the Red Storm battled the Lions to a 3-3 draw on Friday night at Belson Stadium.

Zsani Kajan, who led the nation in scoring entering the match, recorded her third-straight multi-goal performance and the ninth of her Red Storm career. With two tallies on the evening, Kajan has found the back of the net seven times in just three games this season, bumping her career total up to 35 goals. The 5-foot-7 forward is just three strikes shy of moving into third on the Red Storm's all-time list.

Sophomore forward Nicole Gordon tallied her first career goal for the Red Storm with an equalizer in the 80th minute to knot the game at 3-3. Gordon also picked up an assist on Kajan's second goal of the game. Frederique St.-Jean, the sophomore defender from Quebec, Canada, registered her first assist of the season on Gordon's goal.

Ally Clark, Nata Ramirez and Madi Pilla provided the goals for Columbia. Clark and Ramirez also registered assists on the night.

Columbia recorded the first scoring chance of the evening in the sixth minute, as Clark converted on a pass from Ramirez to give the visiting squad an early 1-0 advantage.

The Lions' lead was short lived as Kajan converted on a penalty kick four minutes later. The Red Storm's leading scoring drew a foul inside the box to be rewarded the dangerous free kick. Kajan drilled her shot into the bottom left side of the cage to knot the score at 1-1.

Coming out of the intermission, Columbia struck again in the 57th minute. Ramirez capitalized on a pass from Clark to regain the lead for the Lions, 2-1.

Less than two minutes later, Kajan tallied her second goal of the match and her seventh of the season. The sequence began as Gordon sent a long pass up to Kajan, who was waiting just outside the box. The 2021 BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year quickly corralled the ball before rocketing a left-footed strike over the head of Columbia's keeper to knot the score at 2-2.

The offensive battle continued for the two programs as Pilla converted on a penalty kick for Columbia in the 69th minute to give the Lions a 3-2 edge.

The Red Storm earned its equalizer in the 80th minute, as St.-Jean played a deep ball into the box for Gordon. The Amityville, N.Y., native then headed it home to tie the game.

The Johnnies outshot Columbia, 3-2, in extra time before the match ended in a draw.

The Red Storm returns to action on Sept. 2, as the Johnnies welcome Lehigh to Queens for a 7 p.m. meeting.