BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Closing out the exhibition portion of its schedule Thursday night, the St. John’s University women used a 48th-minute goal from Kayla Mesaros to break a scoreless tie and pick up its second victory of the preseason, 1-0, over Lehigh University.

Mesaros’ shot marked her second goal of the preseason with the help from Maia Cabrera, who assisted.

The Red Storm registered its first shot on goal 21 seconds into the match as Zsani Kajan flicked it on target but saw her shot turned away by the Lehigh keeper. The Budapest, Hungary native took three more shots on goal.

Four other Johnnies registered shots on target for the Red Storm as the squad, which outshot the Mountain Hawks 8-7.

The dynamic goalkeeping duo of Meredith Reinhardt and Jordan Kamp helped to hold Lehigh scoreless over 90 minutes. Reinhardt came up big with two saves in the first period.

The Red Story will kick off the regular season with a trip to the Volunteer State to take on Southeast Conference foe Tennessee Aug. 16 at 7 p.m.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.