STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Stony Brook women's soccer earned its fourth consecutive clean sheet and victory, topping Charleston 3-0 to begin CAA play on Sunday at LaValle Stadium.
The Seawolves improved to 6-2-1 with their fourth straight victory. Stony Brook has outscored the opposition 13-0 during its winning streak, which began back on September 9. Stony Brook continued its dominance at LaValle Stadium, improving to 4-0 at home this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stony Brook took a 1-0 lead when Gabby Daniels scored her second goal of the season in the 30th minute, assisted by Emanuelly Ferreira on a set piece from the far corner. The Seawolves dominated much of the possession in the early going, making good on the constant pressure by scoring the opening goal of the match.
The Seawolves quickly added to their lead when Ferreira and Leah Rifas combined on a goal. Rifas' throw-in led Ferreira perfectly, who patiently waited to sneak one past Charleston's keeper to tally the first goal of her collegiate career.
Stony Brook padded the lead early in the second half on Linn Beck's strike in the 50th minute. Luciana Setteducate and Gabrielle Cote assisted on the goal.
Charleston upped its tempo and pressure offensively late in the contest, finishing with a 9-6 advantage in second-half shots. Despite the nine shots and five corners in the second half, Nicolette Pasquarella was up to the task. Pasquarella made four of her five total saves over the final 45 minutes of play to earn her sixth win of the season and lead Stony Brook to its fourth straight clean sheet victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- The win was Stony Brook's fourth straight. It is the Seawolves' longest winning streak since winning four straight between the end of the 2021 season and the start of the 2022 season.
- Stony Brook has now shutout four straight opponents, the longest such streak for the program since posting eight consecutive clean sheets in 2007.
- The Seawolves moved to 1-0 in league play, picking up their first-ever win over Charleston (1-0-2).
- Pasquarella totaled five saves for the Seawolves on 15 total Cougars shots. She earned her sixth win of the season, a new career-high for the Long Islander.
- Daniels opened the scoring with her second goal of the season.
- Ferreira assisted on the opening goal of the match, adding a goal minutes later, the first of her collegiate career. She finished with a team-high three points.
- Beck's third goal of the season was Stony Brook's third of the afternoon, closing out the scoring in the contest.
- Cote, Rifas and Setteducate all tallied assists offensively in the victory. Setteducate paces the Seawolves with 12 points this season, while Cote (11 points) is second on the team.
- Ferriera became Stony Brook's 11th different goal scorer through nine contests.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm very happy, it was a great performance by the team. I truly believe that Charleston is one of the best offensive teams in the CAA, obviously that stats say that too. I thought we did a good job trying to minimize their good chances," head coach Tobias Bischof noted postgame. "We did a good job taking those good chances away from them, but more importantly we did what we wanted to do, which was create chances and score some goals."
UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to the road to continue conference play at Elon on Thursday, September 26. The Seawolves and the Phoenix meet at 7 p.m. with the contest streaming live on FloFC.
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