Canton, NY – Senior
Riley McGrath (Coronado, CA) and First Year
Ava Holman (St. Louis, MO) each finished with a goal and an assist and sophomore
Laura Shea (Swarthmore, PA) made eight saves in goal as the #19 Vassar College Women's Soccer team won its fifth straight game with a 4-1 road win at St. Lawrence Saturday afternoon.
Saturday's victory improves Vassar's overall standing to 11-2 and its conference mark to an unblemished 5-0. St. Lawrence falls to 6-4-3 overall and 2-2-0 in Liberty League play.
How It Happened
- Vassar wasted little time opening the scoring on Saturday, striking twice inside the first 10 minutes of play.
- McGrath opened the Brewers' account with her sixth goal of the season, finishing off an assist from Holman at 5:34 to give Vassar the early one-goal advantage.
- Holman picked up what proved to be the game winning goal just under three minutes later with McGrath returning the favor with an assist at 8:12.
- The Saints cut their deficit in half in the 17th minute when Meredith Donahue found the back of the net off a pass from Chloe Bourque.
- Leading 2-1 at the intermission, Vassar was outshot in the first half 11-9, but took five of the six corner kicks awarded in the opening frame.
- Shea turned aside four first half shots for the Brewers.
- Vassar quickly spread its lead back to two goals coming out of halftime, with Gianna Panarelli (Jensen Beach, FL) tallying just 3:53 into the second half.
- The final goal of the game came in the 65th minute after First Year Sonya Franklin (Lancaster, PA) buried a feed from classmate Elena Valle (Rocky Hill, CT) at 64:49.
- Vassar managed just four shots after halftime, scoring on half of them, with St. Lawrence holding a 9-4 edge in attempts after the break.
- Second half corner kicks went to the Saints by a 3-1 margin.
- Shea turned aside four more stops in the second half for the Brewers.
For The Brewers
- Holman scored her team leading seventh goal of the season and picked up her first career assist in the victory. Saturday's scoring output puts Holman in a tie for the team lead with 15 points and the game winning goal is her team leading third of the campaign.
- McGrath tallied for the sixth time and assisted on her third goal of the season to join Holman atop the team leaderboard in points with 15.
- Panarelli picked up her fourth goal of the season and became the fifth Brewer to reach double-figures in points.
- Franklin deposited her sixth goal of the year and is a point off the team lead with 14.
- Valle recorded her eighth point of the season after recording her fourth helper of the year on the Brewers' final tally.
- Shea earned the win in goal with eight stops, just one off of her career-high, and now holds a 0.63 goals against average and an .854 save percentage.
For The Saints
- Donahue scored her team leading fifth goal of the season in the first half.
- Borque picked up her team leading fifth helper of the season.
- Zoe Davenport suffered the loss in goal after making six saves for the Saints.
Game Statistics
- St. Lawrence outshot Vassar 20-13 overall while Vassar finished with a 10-9 edge in shots on goal.
- Vassar closed the with a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks.
What's Next
- Vassar plays host to league rival William Smith on October 18.
- St. Lawerence heads to RIT next Saturday.
