COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's soccer team downed the University of Maine at Fort Kent, 4-0, on Friday afternoon at Duffy Field. The Bengals, who won the 2022 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I national championship, were ranked No. 1 in the latest USCAA Division I national poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (5-5-2), Maine-Fort Kent (6-1)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Kayleigh Crowell (Beverly, Mass./Beverly), 2 goals, 1 assist
- Sophomore Faith Kosiba (Dunstable, Mass./Groton-Dunstable Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
- Junior Cassie Tofteroo (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1 goal
- Sophomore Juliana Anastopoulos (Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline), 2 saves in 34:14, win
- Sophomore Anna Bianca Stevens-Cardin (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier College/Concordia [Quebec]), 1 save in 26:40 of relief
- Senior Addy Cook (Newport, Vt./North Country Union), 2 saves in 29:06 of relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- First-year Dreanna Thaw, 6 saves
GAME FACTS
- Saint Michael's moved to 4-0 in the all-time series.
- The Bengals had allowed only four goals in their last eight games combined since last year.
- Maine-Fort Kent has won eight national championships since 2010.
THE ACTION
- Sophomore Petagay Dixon got behind the Saint Michael's defense in the fourth minute before rushed through the middle of the box and slipping a shot on net that Anastopoulos slid out to knock away.
- The Purple Knights broke through with three goals in a matter of 4:13 near the middle of the stanza. Crowell slid a low shot from the right corner of the box at 21:22 after taking Kosiba's cross. Only 1:35 later, Kosiba snuck a low ball from the right side thanks to Crowell's cross.
- In the 26th minute, Crowell's through ball put Tofteroo alone on Thaw, with an initial shot cleared off the goal line by sliding senior Naylea Beltran-Mendoza, but the ricochet went off of a pursuing Tofteroo for the tally.
- Crowell added a second goal in the 56th minute, being led directly to goal thanks to junior Nathalie Larsson's (Gothenburg, Sweden/Sjölins Gymnasium/Morningside) flick-on header from 30 yards out.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Wednesday at the University of New Haven, 4 p.m.
