BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary women's soccer team clinched the fifth seed in the Skyline Conference Playoffs after a big-time win over St. Joseph's Brooklyn.
The Basics
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 10, SJBK 0
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (7-9-2, 7-3-1 Skyline) | SJBK (1-13-0, 1-10-0)
Rapid Recap
With Mount Saint Mary already locked into a playoff spot, they just had to beat St. Joseph's Brooklyn in order to clinch the fifth seed in the Skyline Postseason. The Knights controlled the game for all 90 minutes, outshooting the Bears by an absurd 75-0 margin, and 43-0 on goal. It wouldn't take long for them to score, as
Lily Tanko found
Emma Mihale for their first goal of the match. The Mount put constant pressure on the St. Joe's defense, but their keeper held her own, making 33 saves on 43 shots faced. The Knights surprisingly only had a 2-0 lead entering the half after
Christianna Macchi set up
Faith Welsh for another goal.
Mount Saint Mary would open up the floodgates to start the second half, scoring 4 goals in he first 8 minutes to take a 6-0 lead.
Kaitlin Hansen would add to their massive lead in the 61st minute, as
Isabella Barone found the Knights' leading scorer for her 2nd goal of the match. Hansen would then be on the assisting end of a goal, setting up
Delisianna Naccarato minutes later to make it 8-0. The Knights weren't done there; they added another 2 goals from
Christianna Macchi and
Isabella Milburn to make it a 10-0 victory for Mount Saint Mary. The Knights will now take on Farmingdale State College on the road this Saturday, November 1st, at noon in the First Round of the Skyline Conference Playoffs.
Notes and Numbers
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