Women's soccer beats Hamilton 1-0
Alex Yorke ’14 volleys a ball into the box during the Mules’ 0-0 tie against Bowdoin College on Oct. 8.
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Over the course of the past two weeks, the Colby women’s soccer team competed with varying degrees of success. Although the Mules lost a rough match to Amherst College, the women defeated both the University of Southern Maine (USM) and Hamilton College after pulling out a tie against in-state rival Bowdoin College.
The women’s first match of the series, played on Oct. 8 against the Bowdoin Polar Bears in Brunswick, Maine, was a defensive battle led by the goalkeepers of both teams. First-year keeper Emily Brook recorded 12 saves while her Bowdoin counterpart, Maddie Lane, made several impressive saves in her debut as a Polar Bear. After 90 minutes of regulation play and additional overtime minutes, the score remained locked at 0-0.
Following the scoreless tilt against Bowdoin, the women rebounded to defeat USM 2-0 at home on Oct. 12. The women’s leading scorer, senior Nikki Pickering, led the Mules on offense, scoring the first goal of the match and assisting on the second, scored by Annie Papadellis ’14 with less than two minutes to play in the game. Kate Laxson ’13 assisted Pickering’s first goal, and Brook earned yet another shutout by blocking three shots in total.
In an unfortunate turn of events, the Mules’ next home game proved to be much less rewarding. In their match against the Amherst women, who remain undefeated on the season with a 10-0 overall record, the Colby women fell 5-1 during the Mule Mob weekend match. Colby’s lone goal came in the 57th minute of play when Samantha Merriweather ’12 placed the ball in the net off of a strong pass from Alex Yorke ’14. Sarah Duffy, Kathryn Nathan, Elizabeth Ludlow and Jill Kochanek combined to score Amherst’s five goals.
Rebounding from the tough loss, the Mules earned one of their most important wins of the season over Hamilton on Oct. 16 at home. First-year Cami Notaro tallied the game-winning goal a few minutes into the second half when she dribbled in the penalty box and blasted the ball into the top left-hand corner of the net. Holding onto the lead for the rest of the match with the help of keeper Brook, the Mules pulled off a 1-0 victory. The women’s soccer team’s record moves to 6-5-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).
This week, the women’s soccer team will look for a strong finish to the season with two final regular season matchups against Williams College on Oct. 22 and Bates College on Oct. 26.
