No. 22 Women's Soccer Earns 1-0 Win Over Southern Connecticut on Senior Day
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.- The Merrimack women's
soccer team held off Southern Connecticut State for a 1-0 victory
on Senior Day at Warrior Field. The Warriors improved to 11-4-2
overall and 10-3-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference with the win. The
Owls fell to 8-5-3 on the year and 6-5-3 in the league with the
loss.
Merrimack controlled a 1-0 lead at halftime on Jenn
Pino's (North Andover, Mass.) fourth score of the season.
Pino slammed home a loose ball from a cross by Jessie DeGraan
(Braintree, Mass.). The Warriors nearly owned a two-goal
advantage at the break but Jackie Sullivan's
(North Andover, Mass.) shot with seconds remaining hit the
crossbar.
In the second half, Jordan Schnopp
(Dalton, Mass.) had an opportunity to add an insurance
goal but Owls' keeper Olivia Heffernan denied Schnopp on the
doorstep.
Merrimack locked in on defense and thwarted all chances by the
visitors. Kiley Horne
(Scituate, Mass.) turned aside all five shots that she
faced in the contest to earn her 11th victory of the season and her
fifth shutout. Heffernan finished with six saves for Southern
Connecticut.
The Warriors outshot the Owls 15-10 in the match including a 7-5
margin in shots on frame. The two sides nearly split the amount of
corner kicks awarded as Southern Connecticut earned three and
Merrimack received two.
With the win, Merrimack clinched second-place in the
Northeast-10 Conference. The Warriors are guaranteed a home game as
they will host the seventh-seeded team in the tournament. The
postseason is scheduled to begin October 31.
Before today's match, the Merrimack women's soccer team took a
moment to recognize its six seniors: Ashley Alnwick
(Groton, Mass.), Lindsey deMont
(Littleton, Mass.), Jessie DeGraan (Braintree,
Mass.), Elizabeth Hopley
(Cromwell, Conn.), Colleen Hall
(Westminster, Mass.) and Kerri Domohowski
(Saugus, Mass.). The team presented each senior with
flowers and Warrior Field was decorated with balloons and
posters.
The Warriors will close out the regular season with a road match
at Stonehill October 27.
