FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Hayley Long's goal less than four minutes into the action proved to be the difference for Suffolk women's soccer as it took down Framingham State, 1-0, at Maple Street Field Saturday afternoon. The victory marks the first of the 2022 campaign and the first with Ellie McDougall on the sidelines.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Framingham State 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-0-1) | Framingham State (0-2-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Long redirected a strike from Kylie Flynn past the gloves of Jetta Oskirko to put the first and what would be the only tick on the board in the fourth minute.
The visiting Rams saw chances to pad their lead, but Oskirko stood up to the tests throughout the first frame to keep it a one-goal game as the teams headed to the locker rooms.
Oskirko turned aside the trio of Suffolk's shots on target over the second set of 45 minutes and Sophia Barker did her job between the posts for the blue-and-gold for the 1-0 final in the Boston Rams' favor.
NETMINDER NOTES
- Barker finished with three saves in her second victory of the season.
- Oskirko registered nine stops in the setback.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Long produced the only goal of the outing.
- Flynn handed out the lone assist.
- Suffolk outshot Framingham State, 19-4.
- The blue-and-gold had a 10-3 advantage in shots on target.
- Suffolk took two corners compared to FSU's one.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk captured its first win of the McDougall era.
- The Boston Rams are unbeaten through two games of the season for the first time since 2011 when it began the year 2-0-0.
- Suffolk's first two games of the year were shutouts for the first time since 2016.
- The blue-and-gold has not been scored against this season.
- Suffolk has kept its opponents off the scoreboard for two straight games to start the season for the first time since 2010.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0-0, all-time against Framingham State.
- Both of the Boston Rams' wins over FSU have come in shutout fashion.
- Suffolk played at Framingham State for the first time.
POST-GAME PIC
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to play in front of its home crowd at East Boston Memorial Park's James A. Sartori Stadium Tuesday, Sept. 6 against Bridgewater State at 7 p.m.
