Women's Soccer Falls At Central Connecticut

NEW BRITAIN, CONN. (SEPTEMBER 25, 2022)-The Stonehill College women's soccer team wrapped up the weekend with a Northeast Conference road matchup at Central Connecticut where the Skyhawks fell, 6-0 Sunday afternoon at CCSU Soccer Field. 

Scoring

CCSU: Kelly Brady 9'

          Charlotte Simmons 23'

          Gia Edwards 37'

          Kristina Kelly 49'

          Aoife Horgan 66'

          Abbie Burgess 86'

Goalkeeping

CCSU: Caitlin Murphy (90:00)-four saves

STO: Hanna Copley (90:00)-six saves

Lauren Clement was one seven Skyhawks to record a shot Sunday Afternoon (Photo Credit: Brian Foley).

The Details

  • The Blue Devils wasted no time scoring less than 10 minutes in the first half (9:45) when Brady sent her shot past Stonehill goalie, Hanna Copley for the 1-0 lead. 
  • Yara Fawaz had a chance for the equalizer at 15:27 after she put a high shot on net but Central Connecticut netminder, Caitlin Murphy reached up for the save and maintained the one-goal lead. 
  • Central Connecticut tacked on two more goals in the half courtesy of Simmons and Edwards at 22:30 and 37:44 respectively.
  • As time wound down, Lauren Clement and Olivia Sharkansky each had a shot but unfortunately both shots were just a bit high and the Blue Devils took a 3-0 lead heading into halftime. 
  • The Blue Devils' offense continued where they left off scoring under five minutes in the second half (48:37) after Kelly generated her own offense and made it 4-0. 
  • Shortly after at 52:37, Clement had another shot on goal but again, Murphy made the stop. 
  • For the remainder of the second frame, the Blue Devils added on two more goals from Horgan (66:05) and Burgess (85:02) for the eventual 6-0 win. 
  • Copley has now finished with five or more saves in four straight starts for the Skyhawks.

Up Next

Stonehill will have some much-deserved time off before resuming their road trip traveling to Merrimack College on Sunday, October 2 at 1 p.m.

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