NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team won their third straight game this evening with a dominating 3-0 victory over the Beavers of The City College of New York under the lights at Celentano Field. Katherine Raposo (Warwick, R.I.) led the Falcons with eight shots, three on goal and a goal scored.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Albertus Magnus 3 | CCNY 0
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (4-2) | CCNY (1-4)
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
Albertus stormed out of the gate early as Raposo led the Falcons in an offensive onslaught. Over the space of the first three minutes, the Falcons ripped off three unanswered shots, with Raposo contributing two of them, but CCNY goalie Maria Tomais denied them a score. The Falcon offense was not deterred, however, firing the ball over to Raposo again in the seventh minute, when she promptly lasered it into the back corner of the net past Tomais for the game's first goal.
The Falcons continued to press their advantage, ripping off five more shots over the next 17 minutes. Raposo, Aimee Diverniero (East Haven, Conn.), Erina Ismaili (Middlebury, Conn.), Amanda McGeehan (Milford, Conn.), and Jordan Kikosicki (East Haven, Conn.) took shots against Tomais in the stretch.
Haley Andrews (Prospect, Conn.) joined the shot parade at the 36th-minute, rocketing the ball just outside the net. Then, a minute-and-a-half later, the Falcons struck gold. Coming off the bench, Isabella Antonucci (Orange, Conn.) found herself with the ball and dribbled it just over midfield before uncorking a monstrous kick that sent the ball whizzing over Tomais and into the back of the net for the Falcon's second score of the game.
Moments later, with the Falcons on the offensive yet again, Jaidyn Gillette (Putnam, Conn.) swooped up the field and fired a perfect strike to Amanda McGeehan (Milford, Conn.), who promptly kicked it into the net for the third goal of the game. The two teams went into the halftime break with the Falcons holding a 3-0 advantage.
The Falcons continued to press their advantage, ripping off 10 unanswered shots over the next 23 minutes of play. With the clock ticking down to its final 10 minutes, the Falcons continued to attack. Antonucci and Shaw both fired shots in the 80th-minute but were denied by Tomais. The Beavers attempted to answer the Falcons with a shot of their own, but Mecca squashed any hopes of a score, smothering the attempt by the Beavers' Charlotte Foberg.
With the clock down to its final five minutes, the Falcons subbed in sophomore goalkeeper Nicole Pracon (Derby, Conn.) before firing off a pair of corner kicks and another shot. Still, they could not squeeze another one past the Beavers' goaltenders, and the match ended in a 3-0 Falcon victory.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Michelle Mecca (4-2): 2 Shots on Goal | 0 Goals-Against | 2 Saves | 86:21 Minutes
Albertus: Nicole Pracon: 0 Shots on Goal | 0 Goals-Against | 0 Saves | 3:39 Minutes
CCNY: Maria Tomais (0-3): 12 Shots on Goal | 3 Goals-Against | 9 Saves
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Falcons' outshot the Beavers by a 30-5 margin.
- Albertus had three different players score a goal in the match.
- Albertus held the edge in corners, 4-0.
- The Falcons were whistled for five fouls to the Beavers' one foul.
NOTEWORTHY
- Raposo scored her 22nd career goal in the contest.
- Antonucci scored her first career goal.
- Mecca recorded her fourth career victory between the pipes.
UP NEXT
The women's soccer team travels to Standish, Maine, for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) showdown against the Monks of Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Saturday, Sept. 25th. The opening kick-off is set for 1 PM.
