GORHAM, Maine – The UMass Dartmouth women's soccer team were blanked by the University of Southern Maine during the opening game of Little East Conference (LEC) play on Saturday afternoon. The Corsairs are 0-1 in league play and 3-4-2 overall with today's results while the Huskies improved to a 2-0 conference record and 6-2-1 on the year.
The Huskies struck first at the 12:04 mark with a score by Julia McKenna to put the home team up 1-0 in the game. First year goalkeeper
Tori Russo posted another two stops for the Corsairs before Southern Maine doubled their advantage to make it 2-0 approaching the midway point of the first half.
Southern Maine tallied another two goals in the final 10 minutes of the half to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Graduate student
Ashlyn Rogers fired a late shot on-goal for UMass Dartmouth that Huskies goalkeeper Hunter Stonebraker saved to preserve Southern Maine's four-goal advantage heading into the break.
The hosts wasted no time at the start of the second half registering their fifth goal of the afternoon thanks to a score by Ashley Sabatino. A few minutes later, Catriona Gould notched the sixth goal for Southern Maine at the 53
rd minute to make it 6-0 Huskies.
UMass Dartmouth battled as the second half neared a close recording seven total shots featuring a shot on target by Rogers and first year
Camryn Jambor. Stonebraker posted the pair of saves to seal the Huskies 6-0 win over the Corsairs.
The Huskies outshot the Corsairs by a 28-9 margin while also holding a 16-3 advantage in shots on-goal. Boths teams were even with three corner kicks apiece in the contest.
Rogers led the Corsairs with her two shots on frame while senior
Bella Rita also produced two shot attempts in the game. Russo picked up her third loss of the season after playing the opening 30 minutes posting four saves and allowing two goals.
Grace Conti checked into the game recording a pair of stops and allowing four goals before first year
Emma Juelis wrapped up the contest making four saves in net for the Corsairs.
The Huskies saw five different goal scorers with Gould notching a brace and an assist for Southern Maine in the win. Stonebraker secured the win after registering two saves while Lucy McLaughlin posted one stop for the Huskies.
UMass Dartmouth continue conference action on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at UMass Boston. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 pm from Boston, Mass.
