HAMPTON, Va. – The Stony Brook women's soccer team earned their first CAA victory of the season this afternoon after defeating Hampton University, 6-1.
The Seawolves wasted no time putting the pressure on the Lady Pirates defense as the squad tallied two goals in the first 16 minutes. Ashley Manor captured the first goal of the night for Stony Brook in the 10th minute, followed by a penalty-kick goal by Reilly Rich in the 16th minute to give the squad an early 2-0 advantage.
Stony Brook was in control of the possession for most of the first half by tallying 12 shots in the frame compared to the four by Hampton. However, the Lady Pirates would cut the lead to 2-1 heading into the break following a goal in the 41st minute.
Similarly to the beginning of the match, Stony Brook came out storming again by scoring a goal in the first 30 seconds and then followed with another score 10 minutes later. Linn Beck made the most of a pass from Allie Palangi to score in the 45th minute and Gabby Daniels scored her first goal of the season in the 54th minute to allow Stony Brook to take a 4-1 advantage.
This is all the Stony Brook offense would need in the second half. Nicolette Pasquarella was stellar in net in the final 45 minutes by not allowing a goal on the four shots she faced.
The offense for the Seawolves would tally two more goals in the 61st and 88th minute after Rich captured another penalty-kick goal and Hannah Maracina scoring her first goal of the season to conclude the 6-1 victory, respectively.
GAME NOTES
- The six goals marks a new season-high for Stony Brook and the most since the squad scored 12 against Hampton last season on Sept. 25th.
- Stony Brook had a new season-high in shots (27), shots on goal (15), and corner-kicks (11).
- This was the first match this season that the Seawolves scored two penalty-kick goals.
- Stony Brook is now 2-0 all-time against Hampton.
- Rich became the first Seawolf with two goals in the same game this season after tallying her second and third goals of the season. She leads the team with three goals this year.
- Beck scored her second goal of the season and eighth of her career.
- Manor captured her second goal of the year and third of her career.
- Daniels notched her first goal of the season and fourth of her career.
- Maracina tallied her first goal of the year and sixth of her career.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm very proud of our team and our coaching staff for their performance today. It was a quick turnaround after Thursday's game traveling to Hampton but we accomplished our goal and are very pleased with bringing 3 points back to Stony Brook," said head coach
Tobias Bischof.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook will return to the pitch on Thursday when they host Delaware University at LaValle Stadium. The Seawolves will look to continue their recent success against the Blue Hens as they've won their last three meetings. The action is set to begin at 6:31 p.m. and can be streamed on FloSports.
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