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| Kirstie St. Martin had a goal and an assist in the Skyhawks 3-0 win over Assumption |
Skyhawks Sprint Past Greyhounds
Easton Mass. - The Stonehill women's soccer team ended a three-game winless streak, shutting out the Assumption Greyhounds 3-0 behind freshman Alexandra Murphy (Weymouth, Mass.) and sophomore Kirstie St. Martin (Providence, R.I.).
The Skyhawks came out firing in the first half, putting four shots on goal in the first five minutes. Their persistence would be rewarded in the 14th minute when Murphy took a feed from St. Martin and fired it home for her third goal on the season and a 1-0 lead.
Stonehill continued the offensive pressure with Murphy scoring her second goal of the game seven minutes later, as the Skyhawks went into the half leading 2-0.
The Greyhounds put some shots on goal in the second half, but were denied by freshman keeper Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass.). The Skyhawks responded to the pressure by putting the game out of reach when Kirstie St. Martin took a pass from Kelsey Mahoney in the 77th minute and tapped it right by the Assumption keeper Lauren Keeting for her third goal on the season and a 3-0 lead.
Assumption closest chance to score came in the last minute as Hickey made a diving save on a breakaway by Kirsten Chirichetti. The freshman had seven save to earn the first win of her career with the 3-0 victory.
With the win Stonehill improves to 2-2-1 while the Greyhounds fall to 2-3. The Skyhawks return to action when play host to Pace at Skyhawk field on Wednesday, September 17 at 4:00.