STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Stony Brook held William & Mary scoreless and cruised to a 4-0 shutout victory on Sunday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium to hand the Tribe their first loss of the season.
The Seawolves and Tribe were trading shots back and forth early, as Nicolette Pasquarella made two crucial saves in the 16th and 35th minute to keep William & Mary off the scoreboard.
Stony Brook then grabbed a 1-0 lead when Graceann Murphy used her fancy footwork to score her second goal of the season in the 39th minute, assisted by Luciana Setteducate.
Right before the break, the Seawolves grabbed a 2-0 advantage on a penalty-kick goal from Reilly Rich -- her sixth goal of the season -- in the 45th minute.
The squad was in total control of the match in the second half by tallying two more goals and just allowing three shots by the Tribe.
Stony Brook went up 3-0 following Gabrielle Côté's fourth goal of the season, a 75th-minute tally that was assisted by Murphy.
The Seawolves would go ahead 4-0 with an 84th-minute goal from Sammy Hannwacker, her first goal of the season, to secure the victory over the unbeaten William & Mary women's soccer team.
The victory boosted Stony Brook's record to 4-4-4 overall and 2-3-2 in CAA play. More details to come.
Game Notes
- This was the first loss of the season for the Tribe.
- William & Mary only allowed five goals in the entire season before today.
- Murphy tallied her second goal of the season. Also, she secured her first career assist after setting up Cote.
- Rich now leads the team with six goals this season and has 14 in her two years on the Island. She is tied for third in the CAA in goals this year.
- Cote scored her fourth goal of the season and eighth of her career.
- This was the first goal of the season for Hannwacker and the fourth of her career.
- Pasquarella totaled seven saves for the Seawolves out of nine total Tribe shots.
- Aneta Sovakova, Kerry Pearson, and Pasquarella played 90 minutes for the Seawolves.
- Stony Brook totaled eight shots on goal and 12 total shots.
- Stony Brook moves to 1-0-1 all-time against William & Mary.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves will return to the pitch on Thursday when they head to Wilmington to battle UNCW at 7:00 p.m. Stony Brook is 1-0 all-time against UNCW, as they defeated the team from North Carolina 1-0 on Oct. 16, 2022 at LaValle Stadium.
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