COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's soccer team fell to regionally-ranked Stonehill College, 3-0, on Tuesday in a Northeast-10 Conference affair at Duffy Field. Stonehill is ranked seventh in the East Region by the United Soccer Coaches and qualified for two of the past three NCAA Tournaments.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-3, 0-3 NE10), Stonehill (6-1, 4-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Liz Vallatini (Needham, Mass./Needham), season-high 10 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kayla Henry, 1 goal
• Sophomore Megan Giambanco, 1 goal
• Sophomore Camryn Thompson, 1 goal
• First-year Bella MacNeil, 1 assist
• Senior Kaitlin Brown, 3 saves

GAME FACTS

• Vallatini's 10 saves were a season high, beating out last game's save total of nine.
• The first goal of the game ended Vallatini's shutout streak at 140:35.
• Henry and Thompson are both tied for second in the NE10 in goals with four.
• Stonehill was ranked No. 7 in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll and qualified for two of the past three NCAA Tournaments.

THE ACTION

• Stonehill's first offensive chance was snuffed out by sophomore back Brooke Caragher (Milton, Vt./Milton), who headed the ball away from danger in the seventh minute.
• In the 16th minute, a long shot was pushed away by Vallatini, who then caught the rebound off of the crossbar.
• Vallatini had another save in the 35th minute that forced her to punch the ball over the crossbar, leading to a corner kick. The corner kick was kicked into danger but sophomore Emma Houston (Lunenburg, Mass./Lunenburg) was there to clear it away.
• Thompson picked up the ball at midfield in the 41st minute and ran through two defenders into the 18-yard box, where her shot found the back of the net to give the Skyhawks a 1-0 lead.
• With two and half minutes left in the half, senior Elizabeth Nerger's shot almost slipped under the crossbar if not for a jumping Vallatini.
• Junior Tess McCabe (Cataumet, Mass./Bourne) served in a corner kick that found the head of Houston in the 46th minute, but the quick reflexes of Brown made for a save over the crossbar.
• In the 61st minute, junior Holly Spencer's (Windham, Maine/Windham) header went wide right after a cross in by McCabe.
• In the 76th minute, MacNeil dribbled the ball through a defender and crossed from the left side of the field to the front of the net for a tap-in goal by Giambanco.
• Just a minute and a half later, junior Alex Giardina had a run toward the goal, but Vallatini came sliding out of her net to cut off the angle and stop the chip shot from going in.
• Henry took advantage of a free kick 20 yards from the net by shooting over the wall and beating a diving Vallatini for the third goal at 87:51.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. University of New Haven, 1 p.m.