NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Grace D'Amico (Southbury, Conn.) scored her first career goal as the Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team shutout Mount Holyoke College, 1-0 on Wednesday evening in the first athletic competition on the new blue turf at Celentano Field.
D'Amico's goal came in the 18th minute off a pass from Ejalam Bravo (New Britain, Conn.).
Amy Stevens (Lincoln, R.I.) had two saves for her second shutout of the season.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 1 | Mount Holyoke 0
RECORDS: Albertus (2-1-0) | Mount Holyoke (1-1-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons dictated the pace of play throughout the first half, consistently keeping the ball in their offensive zone throughout. Albertus almost scored in the third minute, but a shot from Tyler Stocking (Middletown, Conn.) went off the crossbar.
- Albertus eventually broke through in the 18th minute as Bravo wrestled away a goal kick from Mount Holyoke just before midfield. Bravo then found D'Amico, who split two defenders inside the box, then made a move to her left to escape one of them and fired home a shot with her left foot to make it a 1-0 game.
- Albertus continued to push the pace in the first half, outshooting Mount Holyoke, 9-3 in the first 45 minutes and forcing eight corner kicks.
- The Falcons maintained the narrow lead throughout the second half, once again outshooting Mount Holyoke, 9-3.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Amy Stevens (W, 2-1-0) 2 Shots on Goal | 2 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed
Mount Holyoke
Clarissa Govea (L, 1-1-0) 10 Shots on Goal | 9 Saves | 1 Goal Allowed
BY THE NUMBERS
SHOTS: Albertus 18 | Mount Holyoke 6
SAVES: Mount Holyoke 9 | Albertus 2
CORNER KICKS: Albertus 9 | Mount Holyoke 2
FOULS: Albertus 13 | Mount Holyoke 2
NOTEWORTHY
Stevens now has 15 shutouts in her career, moving her to third all-time in program history.
D'Amico has at least one point in each of her first three games to start her career.
UP NEXT
Albertus will host City College of New York at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 6th.
