Houghton
Women’s Soccer Team Rolls Again
Houghton,
N.Y.—For the second straight game the Houghton College women’s
soccer team scored eight goals and shut out its opponent—Saturday
afternoon it was Carlow University that went down 8-0 at Burke
Field.
Lauren Haggerty
(Right) scored three goals, including two in the first 11 minutes,
Amy-Kaye Mitchell added two and Hannah Swift had a goal and three
assists for the Highlanders.
Haggerty opened
the scoring at 8:32 when Swift took the ball to the end line about
six yards to the right of the goal and then cut back a square pass
that found Haggerty all alone in front of an empty net. Less than
two minutes later the two teamed up again on what looked like an
instant replay—Swift passing the ball back from the right end line
and Haggerty knocking home the goal.
Swift assisted
on her third straight goal at 18:22, this time from the left side of
the net. Amy-Kaye Mitchell converted the nice pass for her third
goal of the year. Less than five minutes later Swift got a goal of
her own, her tenth of the season, on a pass from Rebecca Smith.
Lauren Haggerty
got her third goal of the game at 25:00 when she won a loose ball
near the top of the penalty area, drove towards the net and found
the left corner. It was Haggerty’s fourth goal of the season.
Chelsea Adams
followed that up at 37:27 when a ball from Kaylan Reynolds sent her
on a breakaway and she scored from the right side of the goal.
Kaitlin Smith ended the first-half scoring at the 38:00 minute mark,
converting a nice cross from Sarah Whipple off the right wing.
In
the second half, Amy-Kaye Mitchell had the final tally on an assist
from Kaylin Bull on the right side.
Becky Wakeman started in goal for the Highlanders and had three
saves. Lauren Foster played the second half for Houghton without a
save. Carlow University goalkeeper Allison Nolan faced 16 shots on
goal.
The Houghton women, now 4-2-2, play again next Saturday at 3:00
p.m., when they host Notre Dame College at Burke Field.
