Slade scored her first goal of the season and sixth of her career. (Photo Credit Mary Gettens).

EASTON, Mass. (October 15, 2023) – The Stonehill women's soccer team earned its second win of the season, defeating Northeast Conference opponent Delaware State, 2-0, Sunday afternoon. Prior to the game, the Skyhawks honored their eight seniors: Mia Jackson, Leanne Durham, Emmy Dumaresq, Taylor Burnham, Meghan Lord, Emma Slade, Kara Moore, and Yara Fawaz. Stonehill College athletics would like to thank our seniors for all their efforts for the Stonehill women's soccer program over their careers!

Highlights

• Senior goalkeeper's Mia Jackson and Leanne Durham split halves in net for Stonehill, preserving their first clean sheet of the season after stopping all four Hornets shots on goal.
• Graduate student Emma Slade scored her first goal of the season and sixth of her career on a penalty kick attempt in the first half.
• First-year student Lily Newell netted the first goal of her career.
• Senior netminder Ashley Maribo stopped a season-high nine shots in goal for Delaware State.

How it Happened

• After a scoreless back and forth opening 15 minutes of action, sophomore Hannah Anselmo would draw a penalty at the 18:31 mark of the contest.
• Stepping up to take the penalty kick would be fifth year captain Slade, who found the back of the net for the game's opening score and her first goal of the season.
• Sophomore Rebecca Lancaster nearly doubled the Skyhawks advantage in the 44th minute, placing a header bound for the right corner of the net off a corner kick from Dumaresq. However, the Hornet's defense stood tall, making the save and keeping the game at 1-0 heading into the halftime break.

  Newell netted her first career goal in the second half. (Photo Credit Brian Foley).

• In the 66th minute of the contest, just 15 seconds after substituting into the match, Newell scored her first career goal, unassisted from just outside the goal line and extending the Stonehill lead to 2-0.
• The two sides went scoreless for the final 24 minutes of play, as the Skyhawks secured their first clean sheet of the season against Delaware State, 2-0.

Up Next

Stonehill (2-12-2, 2-5-1 NEC) returns to action on Thursday, hosting Merrimack College at Skyhawk Field at 3 P.M. Delaware State (0-12-1, 0-7-0 NEC) takes on non-conference opponent Navy on Tuesday at 5 P.M.

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