Box Score
Senior Kirsten Rene scored just 3:32 into the match to send
Stonehill on to its sixth-straight win as the Skyhawks clinched a
postseason berth.
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Stonehill Blanks Le Moyne, 2-0
Hickey stops eight shots
for fourth-straight shutout
as Skyhawks clinch postseason berth
Boxscore
EASTON,
Mass. (October 24, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked tenth
in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, clinched a spot in the upcoming
Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer tournament with a 2-0
victory over Le Moyne College on Senior Day as part of Alumni
Weekend at Skyhawk Field today.
Stonehill extended its winning
streak to six matches, five of which have been by shutouts -
including each of the last four contests. Sophomore Sarah
Hickey (Lee, Mass./Lee) made eight saves to post her fifth
clean sheet of the season for the Skyhawks, extending her scoreless
streak to 378:19. Sophomore Melissa Stevens (Camillus,
N.Y./West Genesee) made four saves in goal for Le Moyne as
the teams finished the match even in shots at 11 each.
Senior Kirsten Rene
(Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) netted the only
goal Stonehill would need just 3:32 into the match when she knocked
in a loose ball off a corner kick for her second goal of the
season. It marks the fourth-straight match the Skyhawks have earned
an early lead with a goal in the opening five minutes. Junior
Michele Norton (Abington, Mass./Cardinal Spellman)
rounded out the scoring just over 11 minutes later as she netted
her fifth goal of the season on a deflection at 14:37.
Stonehill sits fifth in the NE-10
standings after today's play and cannot move up after fourth-place
Merrimack College clinched home field for the opening round with a
2-0 win over Pace University today. The Skyhawks are just a point
in front of Adelphi University and the University of New Haven and
three points in front of eighth-place Saint Anselm College.
Stonehill does hold the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Hawks, so
can finish no lower than seventh pending results in the final round
of regular season matches.
Stonehill (10-7-0, 8-6-0 NE-10) is
back in action on Wednesday when it closes out the regular season
at Saint Michael's College at 3 p.m. Le Moyne (10-6-2, 6-6-2 NE-10)
hosts No. 2-ranked College of Saint Rose on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
