River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's team headed into the conference tournament with a 5-game match streak and looking to extend that against the 7th-seeded St. Norbert Green Knights.
Results:
Dominican: 4
St. Norbert: 0
How It Happened:
-Dominican brought the intensity from the opening kickoff, earning 5 saves in the opening 10 minutes of the match. Graduate Student
Sierra Rioux collected 2, Senior
Meghan Wilhite, Junior
Tia Garr, and Senior
Mackenzie Cuddihy all added 1 shot.
-DU got on the scoreboard in the 24
th minute, when Freshman
Grace Durante buried the opening goal of the match. Sophomore
Kylena Paredes and Cuddihy assisted on the goal.
-The Stars hunting for more with Durante, and Freshman
Kaylie Reeve picking up shots on target shortly after.
-Dominican found the second goal of the match with Junior
Tia Garr scoring her 8
th goal of the season to make the score 2-0. Durante assisted on the goal.
-The Stars would go into halftime holding a 2-0 lead on their 11 shots in the first half. DU also collected 9 first-half corners.
-Dominican did not wait around, scoring their first goal of the second half two minutes in. Reeve earned the goal on a pass from Durante and then backflipped for her goal celebration.
-Just one minute and three seconds later, Garr collected her second goal of the match from a lovely ball by Reeve into the box, and all Garr had to do was beat the keeper, and she did just that. This made the score 4-0 DU.
-The Stars continued their pressure by earning 5 shots in the next ten minutes of action. Durante earned one, Wilhite collected 3, and Junior
Ariana Barney added the last.
-DU was staying on the front foot by looking for that 5
th goal, the biggest opportunity came from Senior
Rachelle Pinto, who was one-on-one with the SNC keeper. Pinto fired the shot on target, and the goalie made a huge stop to hold the score where it was. Cuddihy, Garr, Reeve and Wilhite all added shots during this time period.
-Freshman
Riley Brooks got into the action picking up a shot in the 79
th minute, followed by Cuddihy adding another shortly after.
-Dominican collected 15 shots in the second half, with the final shot coming off the foot of Freshman
Chloe Sikora off a free kick.
-The Stars registered 26 shots in the match, with 10 different players all contributing.
Shining Stars:
-Junior
Tia Garr earned Star of the Match, as she earned a brace, scoring her 8
th and 9
th goal of the season. Tia also contributed 4 total shots in her 75 minutes of action.
-Freshman
Grace Durante was all over the pitch and made her mark on this game by scoring the first goal of the match, earning 2 assists, and collecting 4 total shots.
-Freshman
Kaylie Reeve has continued to be a huge factor for DU, and that followed suit today. Reeve scored a goal, earned an assist, and added 3 shots in her 74 minutes of action.
-Senior
Meghan Wilhite added 5 shots in the match, with 2 on target.
-Senior
Mackenzie Cuddihy played in all 90 minutes while earning an assist, 4 shots, and 2 of them finding the target.
-Sophomore
Kylena Paredes picked up an assist in her 49 minutes of action.
-Freshman
Sarah Appleby made one save this afternoon and earned her 6
th straight shutout in net.
Leading the Way:
Goals: Garr (2)
Assists: Durante (2)
Shots: Wilhite (5)
Shots on Goal: 6 Players (2)
Saves: Appleby (1)
Minutes: Appleby, Cuddihy and Barney (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Soccer improves to 14-3-2 (10-2 NACC) on the season. The Stars have moved on to the semifinal match of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. DUWSOC is set to host MSOE at West Campus Field on Tuesday afternoon, with the start time to follow.
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