Sophomore
Zoe Rogan led the way with two goals and an assist, while senior
Grace Mochnal tacked on a goal and an assist as the St. Lawrence University women's soccer team defeated Bard 5-0 on Saturday afternoon in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
St. Lawrence leveled their record at 6-6-1 with the win and are now 1-4-1 in the Liberty League. Bard fell to 3-10-1 with the loss, and 0-7-0 in league play.
"I'm proud of our group's response today after a very challenging start to the weekend." said head coach
Sinead McSharry
The Saints jumped out to a big lead in the first half of the match taking a 4-0 lead.
Kaitlyn Barton got the scoring started in the 19
th minute finishing off an assist from
Sofia Manne to claim the 1-0 lead.
The lead doubled nearly ten minutes later when Rogan got her first goal of the match. Mochnal earned the assist on the scoring play as St Lawrence went up 2-0.
Rogan struck again 11 minutes later in the 40
th minute of the contest, this time it was
Lilly Stone who was the playmaker setting up the goal.
The fourth and final goal of the contest came in the last three minutes of the half. Rogan, who had two goals in hand, this time set up Mochnal, who buried the effort to take a 4-0 lead into the half.
In the second half, the Scarlet and Brown tacked on a fifth goal striking in the 58
th minute. The play was set up by junior forward
Meredith Donahue, who found
Sydney Keenan for the goal to put St. Lawrence up 5-0. The goal was the first career tally for the sophomore defender.
Darcie McDonough stopped two shots in the opening 70:54 of play, while
Zoe Davenport finished off the final 19:06 for the combined shutout. Seymone Rosenberg stopped 12 shots in the first 62:35 for Bard, while McKenna Reeves made seven saves for the Raptors in the final 27:25.
St. Lawrence dominated to the tune of a 38-4 shot advantage and a 24-2 edge in shots on goal. The Saints also had eight corner kicks to Bard's zero.
The Scarlet and Brown will be back in action this coming week for their final two home games of the regular season. On Wednesday, the Saints will host non-conference Utica in a 4 p.m. match, then on the weekend they will face Skidmore on Senior Day.
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