Sophomore Sarah Hickey stopped all nine shots on goal she
faced to run her shutout streak over 288 minutes with her fourth
shutout of the season.
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Stonehill Streak Continues at
Assumption, 3-0
Hickey makes nine save to
post third-straight shutout, Mahoney dishes two assists
Boxscore
WORCESTER, Mass. (October
20, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked tenth in this week's
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II East Regional poll, ran its winning streak to five
matches with a third-straight shutout in tonight's 3-0 victory over
Assumption College in Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action
at Multi-Sport Field.
Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah
Hickey (Lee, Mass./Lee) stopped all nine shots on goal she
faced to post her third-straight shutout - running her scoreless
streak to 288:19 - and fourth clean sheet of the season. Sophomore
Kelsey Mahoney (Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth)
dished two assists for the Skyhawks, and while she had her goal
scoring streak snapped at four-straight matches, she has now
notched a point in six-straight contests.
Stonehill got goals from juniors
Kirstie St. Martin (Providence, R.I./Mount Saint Charles
Academy) and Michele Norton (Abington,
Mass./Cardinal Spellman) and freshman Sara Nagle
(Manchester, Conn./Manchester).
Sophomore Kelsey Mahoney ran her point streak to
six-straight matches with her two assists tonight, giving her an
NE-10 best nine for the year.
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Junior Lauren Keating
(Nashua, N.H./Nashua North) made seven saves in goal for
Assumption, who registered a 15-14 edge in shots for the match.
St. Martin put Stonehill in front
only 2:08 into the match when she broke past the Assumption defense
in midfield and netted her team-leading 13th goal of the
season. It marks the third-straight match the Skyhawks have earned
an early advantage by scoring within the opening five minutes.
Stonehill doubled its lead just
before halftime when Nagle got on the end of a Mahoney corner kick
and scored her first collegiate goal at 44:21. Mahoney set up the
Skyhawks final goal in the 79th minute as Norton knocked
in a cross for her fourth goal of the year. Mahoney has now dished
a Northeast-10 best nine assists this season.
The victory tonight moves Stonehill
into fifth place in the Northeast-10 standings with two matches
remaining. The Skyhawks sit just one point ahead of three teams and
two points in front of ninth-place Assumption. The top eight teams
earn a spot in the upcoming NE-10 Tournament. Stonehill holds an
outside chance at moving up to fourth place and earning the right
to host an NE-10 Quarterfinal match, sitting four points behind
Merrimack College, but would need the Warriors to earn no more than
a point in their remaining two matches while winning its final two
contests.
Stonehill (9-7-0, 7-6-0 NE-10)
returns home on Saturday to host Le Moyne College for Senior Day as
part of Alumni Weekend at the College at 11 a.m. Assumption (6-8-1,
6-6-1 NE-10) hosts Franklin Pierce University on Saturday at 1 p.m.
