GARNERVILLE, N.Y. – Four Saint Michael's College women's soccer players scored their first goals of the season in a 4-1 victory over Dominican (N.Y.) University on Saturday at the Town of Haverstraw Recreational Facility.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0-1), Dominican (0-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Claire Williams (Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert), 1 goal
• Junior Emilia McGiffert (Duluth, Minn./Marshall School/Minnesota Duluth), 1 goal
• Sophomore Kayleigh Crowell (Beverly Mass./Beverly), 1 goal
• Sophomore Bella DelVecchio (Saugus, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), 1 goal
• Junior Cassie Tofteroo (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1 assist
• Sophomore Anna Bianca Stevens-Cardin (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier College/Concordia [Quebec]), 3 saves in 45 minutes (NCAA debut), win
• Sophomore Juliana Anastopoulos (Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline), 7 saves in 45 minutes of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Stella Paton, 7 saves
• Sophomore Bryanna Foti, 1 goal
• Junior Logan Valdes, 1 assist

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's scored two goals in each half, while Dominican's lone goal came in the 73rd minute of the contest.
• Saint Michael's leads the all-time series between the two teams 2-0-1.
• The Chargers outshot the Purple Knights 21-13.
• Dominican led the game in corner kicks 4-0.
• Twenty-eight different Purple Knights saw action in the match today.
• Transfer students Stevens-Cardin and McGiffert both recorded firsts as Purple Knights, with a win and goal, respectively.

THE ACTION

• McGiffert started the scoring in the 14th minute of play when she launched a shot from 30 yards out that found the back of the net to make the score 1-0.
• Crowell extended the lead to 2-0 with 12 seconds left in the first half when she laced a shot into the bottom left corner of the net on the rebound from a shot by Tofteroo.
• DelVecchio started the second half scoring by launching a shot 36 yards from the net on a loose ball in the 49th minute.
• Dominican's lone goal came from a through ball by Valdes that found Foti in the 73rd minute to make the score 3-1.
• Williams answered quickly in the 79th minute with an unassisted goal that was earned after recovering the rebound from her own prior shot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Indiana (Pa.) University, 1 p.m.