The women's soccer team defeated the University of Massachusetts, 3-0, on Sunday, Sept. 18 in Providence, R.I. The Friars concluded their non-conference schedule with a record of 6-3-1. The Minutewomen move to 2-4-1 on the season.
The Friars converted in the 31
st minute, senior
Rachel Ugolik (Hamden, Conn.) scored her third goal of the season after finishing over the head of Massachusetts goalkeeper Cassidy Babin. Estey continued the Friars attack in the 36
th minute after the sophomore beat the last defender and sent a shot just wide of the net from 20 yards.
Ugolik notched a second tally in the 44
th minute when she finished off of a Providence rebound. The goal marked the forward's fourth goal of the season.
At the half, the Friars led in shots 13-2. Ugolik scored off of two of her three total shots in the match. Junior
Juliana Pellegrini (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) recorded two shots on the half. Providence's
Kristyn Shea (Piscataway, N.J.) did not record a save during the first 45 minutes of play, while Massachusetts' Babin recorded two saves.
Friars' graduate student
Kathryn Hiller (Dartmouth, Mass.) scored the team's third goal in the 57th minute. The goal marked the graduate student's fifth goal of the season. Hiller finished off of an assist from
Rachel Ugolik, where she headed the ball past Babin into the back of the net.
The Friars totaled 20 shots in the game to the Minutewomen's nine. Shea recorded two saves while Massachusett's Babin tallied five saves on the game.
Senior goalkeeper
Kristyn Shea recorded her 20
th career shutout in the win tonight over Massachusetts. Shea now holds the Providence College women's soccer all-time shutout record which was previously held by Caroline Haines (2000-2004).
Coach Lopes stated after the game, "Good performance with a well deserved win and shut out. We have enjoyed a rewarding non-conference slate of games where we learned a lot about ourselves and the potential of this team. Certainly, there are still many of the areas we can improve on but we have to proud of our efforts to date. It's important we remain humble as we enter Big East play this week because it's a new season. We need to maintain the daily motivation we've had and challenge ourselves to keep growing individually and collectively as a group daily."
The Friars will begin their BIG EAST league play on Sunday, Sept. 25 against the Georgetown Hoyas at 1 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
-GO FRIARS-