Women’s Soccer took their third, fourth and fifth victories of the 2023 season on Wednesday, October 11, Saturday, October 14, and Tuesday, October 17 against the College of Mount Saint Vincent, DeSales University, and King’s College, respectively.
The Mount Saint Vincent non-conference match saw the first goal at just 11 minutes into the game when sophomore Lauren Alley scored her first career goal with an assist from senior Nina Burden. By half, the Ducks led 2-0, following graduate student Rachel Rouse’s goal 25 minutes after Alley’s. This was the second of her career, but she soon bumped her collegiate career total up to three when during the second half, Rouse scored Stevens’ third goal of the game at 59 minutes. Out of the 35 shots the team took, 18 landed on target, and with senior Dana Perry’s three saves throughout the game, the Ducks took a 3-0 victory.
Just three days later, the team secured a 5-0 all-time record against DeSales University. Following two missed shots by the team in the first three minutes of the game, sophomore Angela Dinh scored the first point for the Ducks 23 minutes later, which was the first of her career. The game remained at 1-0 until half. In the second half, Stevens largely maintained control of the ball until the 85th minute when DeSales evened the score. Just under two minutes later, with just three minutes and eight seconds left on the clock, Rouse scored her fourth goal of the season, with an assist from senior Elsa Bley, her third assist of the season. With six of the 14 shots that landed on goal, and sophomore Kenny Donley’s save, Stevens once again walked away victorious with a final score of 2-1.
Then, on Tuesday, October 17, the Ducks fought on foreign ground at King’s College where they took their third win in a row. At just under two minutes into the game, Rouse shot and scored the first point for Stevens. Almost exactly nine minutes later, graduate student Caitlin Carroll shot low right and earned the second goal of the game. By the end of the first half, the Ducks were up 5-0. Rouse scored her second and the team’s third point of the game, with an assist by Carroll, followed by a goal by senior Amelia Rehrig. Then, Rouse scored her third goal of the night, assisted by first-year Luciana Rodrigues. The second half saw another three goals from the Ducks, first from graduate Tia Saade, sophomore Sarah Wnorowski, and first-year Diana Cavalieri, assisted by Wnorowski. The Ducks finished the game 8-0, securing their victory in three games.
The team’s 2023 season record currently stands at 5-6-2, and they will next be playing their Mental Health Awareness Game at home, against Arcadia University, on Saturday, October 21.
