STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook women's soccer powered past Hampton on the strength of four different goal scorers and a Luciana Setteducate hat trick. The Seawolves improved to 4-0-1 at LaValle Stadium with the result.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stony Brook grabbed a 1-0 lead when Setteducate notched her first goal of the game in the 21st minute, assisted by Aneta Sováková. The Seawolves extended their lead to 2-0 on another goal from Setteducate minutes later, assisted this time by Linn Beck and Sammy Hannwacker.
Stony Brook made it a 3-0 advantage on Gabrielle Côté's 54th-minute goal, her fifth of the season. Sováková and Emanuelly Ferreira assisted the goal. The Seawolves went ahead 4-0 with a 60th-minute goal from Setteducate to complete the first hat trick of her collegiate career. Reilly Rich and Beck assisted on the goal.
Stony Brook took a 5-0 lead on Beck's sixth goal of the season in the 66th minute, assisted by Sováková and Ashley Manor. The Seawolves pushed the advantage to six goals thanks to a 79th-minute rocket from Hannah Maracina, her second tally of the season. Leah Rifas and Natalie Bala assisted on Maracina's goal.
STATS AND NOTES
- Setteducate's hat trick was the first of her collegiate career and the first by a Seawolf since Linn Beck did so against Hampton in 2022.
- Setteducate increased her point total to 23 with a nine-point effort. Her eight goals and seven assists lead the team. Setteducate's 23 points and seven assists are tied for the most individually in the CAA, and her eight goals are tied for second most in the league.
- Sováková assisted on three of Stony Brook's six goals, a single-game career high.
- In total, nine different Seawolves registered at least a point and there were four different goal scorers.
- Beck, Côté and Maracina all added goals. Beck tallied a pair of assists as well, finishing with a season-best four points.
- Bala tallied the first point of her collegiate career with an assist on Maracina's goal. Manor notched her first assist and point of the season as well.
- The shutout was Stony Brook's fifth of the season, with Nicolette Pasquarella, Trinitie Maloney and Kaitlyn Vo all splitting time in goal for the Seawolves.
- The Seawolves finished with a 34-3 edge in shots and an 18-1 advantage in shots on goal. It marked the second time this season that Stony Brook had 30-plus shots.
- The Seawolves remain unbeaten at LaValle Stadium in 2024, improving to 4-0-1 at home.
- Stony Brook moved to 3-0-0 all-time against Hampton.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I was happy with the result. We talked about making sure we have a professional performance, respect the game, respect our opponent and I thought we did that well," head coach Tobias Bischof noted postgame. "We played a good game. We scored six goals, but we missed a couple situations where I wish we had been a little bit cleaner in front of the goal."
UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to action on Sunday, October 13 on the road at Delaware. The Seawolves and Blue Hens meet for a 1 p.m. kickoff in Newark, streaming live on FloFC.
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