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Nina Muir Action Shot vs. Franklin Pierce
Colm Flood
0
Assumption ASM (6-2-3, 3-2-0)
2
Winner Saint Anselm STA (7-2-2, 5-0-1)
Assumption ASM
(6-2-3, 3-2-0)
0
Final
2
Saint Anselm STA
(7-2-2, 5-0-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Assumption ASM 0 0 0
Saint Anselm STA 1 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Women’s Soccer Remains Unbeaten in NE10 Play with Win Over Assumption

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's soccer team improved to 5-0-1 in the Northeast 10 (NE10) Conference on Saturday, defeating Assumption University, 2-0, at Melucci Field.
 
Highlights
  • Saint Anselm remains one point back of first-place Franklin Pierce (5-0-2) in the NE10 standings, with the Hawks improving to 7-2-2 overall on the season.
  • Saint Anselm is now 16-20-3 all-time against Assumption with three straight wins over the Greyhounds.
  • Senior Nina Muir netted her fourth goal of the season, the second-most on the team, while scoring her first career game-winner.
  • Sophomore Meghan Deneen scored for the third time in the last three game as she leads the Hawks with six on the season. Deneen's five goals rank tied for fifth in the NE10, and her 14 points slot her in at sixth in the conference.
  • Freshman Madison Botta got in the scoring column for the second consecutive game, this time with her third assist of the season, the third-most on the team.
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Swidorski made one save as she recorded her second shutout of the season, the eighth of her career, improving to 7-1-2 on the season.
How it Happened
 
The Hawks scored just 32 seconds into the game as Muir got by a pair of Greyhound defenders down the right sideline, making her way deep into the box as she softly chipped a shot over the goalkeeper's head and into the bottom left corner of the net for the game's opening goal.
 
Muir had another shot on target from the same spot in the sixth minute, but it was deflected up and out of play by Assumption's goalie, Kaylin Hebert.
 
Sophomore Amarys Jimenez gave the Hawks another scoring chance in the eighth minute as she weaved her way into the box and dished a pass to freshman Connie Patturelli, but the first-year forward had her shot blocked in the box and cleared by the Greyhounds.
 
Sophomore Daniella Atherton would record the final shot on net of the first half in the 32nd minute as a sinking shot hurled its way directly at Assumption's netminder, to keep the Greyhounds within one going into the break.
 
Swidorski's lone save in the match came in the 52nd minute on a shot that was popped up in the box, floating down into the waiting hands of the sophomore goalie.
 
The Hawks added to their lead in the 68th minute as Botta dribbled around Greyhound defenders before finding Deneen, who was slashing into the box, ready to launch a right-footed shot past the dive of the Assumption goalie to make the score 2-0.

Both defenses stood tall for the remainder of the game with the scoring standing pat at 2-0.
 
Up Next
The Saint Anselm College women's soccer team (7-2-2, 5-0-1 NE10) travels to Springfield, Mass., to take on American International College (2-6-2, 1-3-0 NE10) at Ronald J. Abdow Field on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in an NE10 matchup.

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