EASTON, Mass. (October 3, 2024) – The Stonehill College women's soccer team posted its third clean sheet of the season at home against Le Moyne College Thursday night by a final score of 3-0 under the lights at WB Mason Stadium. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 4-8 overall and 3-1 in conference play, while the Dolphins drop to 1-12 overall and 0-4 against conference opponents.  

Highlights

• Stonehill registered 24 shot attempts against Le Moyne, marking the most shots attempted in a game since the Skyhawks tallied 25 shots against Queens back on Sept. 12, 2021.
• Junior Hannah Anselmo netted her team-leading fourth goal of the season and is atop the conference leaderboards with 11 total points on the season.  
• Sophomore Lily Roslonek found the back of the net for her first collegiate goal off graduate student Emmy Dumaresq's first helper of the season.
• Senior Olivia Webster scored her first goal of the season and second of her collegiate career off senior classmate Karleigh Schultz's first assist of the year.
• First-year goalkeeper Allie Sougaris picked up her third career win and second career shutout after stopping all three shots she faced in net for the Skyhawks.
• First-year classmates Logan Cookinham and Nicole Calle as well as junior Lindsey LeBlanc each registered shots on goal for Le Moyne.
• First-year goalkeeper Mikayla McPheron recorded 10 saves on the night for the Dolphins, marking the most she's made in a single game since tallying 16 saves against Stony Brook earlier this season.   

How it Happened
Stonehill came out of the gates strong in the first half, outshooting Le Moyne 14-1 over the opening 45 minutes of play with a group of grade-A scoring chances coming from first-year student Erin Foley and graduate student Meghan Lord.

In the 20th and 21st minutes, Foley and Lord traded point-blank scoring opportunities for the Skyhawks. However, midway through the first half, McPherson rushed the attacker into goal for Le Moyne and stifled both Stonehill's scoring chances.

At the 43:07 mark, Lord narrowly gave the Skyhawks a late first-half lead, sending a shot off the top woodwork and back into the field of play, coming mere inches away from her first goal of the season.

Coming out into the second half of action, Stonehill would find the back of the net for the game's opening score in the 57th minute when Anselmo found nylon for the fourth time this season. The junior forward out of Fall River, Mass., deked through defenders and sent a shot bar down over the goal line to break the tie and give the Skyhawks a 1-0 lead.

Just over 10 minutes later, after a free kick crossed into the box off the sideline by Dumaresq, Roslonek would race in and send a header past McPheron and into the back of the net for her first career goal.

Stonehill would cap off the conference matchups by scoring at the 82:03 mark when Webster received a cross-field pass from Schultz and sent a left-footed shot through the legs of McPherson, sealing the decisive 3-0 shutout victory for the Skyhawks.

Up Next
Stonehill (4-8-0, 3-1-0 NEC) returns to action on Thursday, October 10, hosting Long Island University. Opening kickoff between the Skyhawks and Sharks is set for 6 p.m., on the turf at WB Mason Stadium.

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