EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's soccer returned to the win column in shutout fashion as the Rams ran past Mass. Maritime, 3-0, Saturday afternoon at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park. Avery Porter potted two goals, while Makena Columbus was responsible for the blue-and-gold's third strike of the day.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Mass. Maritime 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1-1) | Mass. Maritime (0-2-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk controlled the game from the get-go and on the Rams second corner of the afternoon Porter put them on the board. The freshman converted Kylie Flynn's corner kick into a scoring header that gave the blue-and-gold a one-goal edge at the 23:02 mark.
Seven minutes later, Porter scored an unassisted tally that doubled the distance and send Suffolk into the locker room up by a pair.
Two minutes out of the intermission, Columbus scored from about 10 yards out on a pass by Madelyn Murray to extend the advantage to 3-0.
Things stayed that way the rest of the despite the Rams putting six more shots on target.
KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS
- Suffolk's starter Arden Ferrari-Henry earned the victory after playing the first 45 minutes, while Sophia Barker went to defend the net for the second half off the bench.
- Neither Rams' netminder faced a shot on target all day.
- Brady Deschamps took the loss after giving up two goals. She had five saves in the first frame.
- Reagan Kerecz logged six stops over the second half.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Porter registered two goals.
- Columbus chipped in one goal.
- Murray tallied one assist.
- Suffolk outshot Mass. Maritime, 26-1, and had a lopsided 14-0 shots on target advantage.
- The Rams took all six corners in the contests.
NOTEWORTHY
- At 2-1-1, Suffolk is off to its best start since matching that mark to begin the 2021 campaign.
- The Rams three-goal margin of victory is the highest since it bested New England College, 3-0, Oct. 4, 2022.
- The three-goal win is the largest margin of victory in the Ellie McDougall era.
- Suffolk kept its second opponent off the scoreboard this season.
- Porter (2 goals), Columbus (1 goal) and Murray (1 assist) all recorded their first collegiate points.
- The Rams and Bucaneers met for the first time since 2019 and seventh time overall.
- Suffolk improved to 7-0-0 all-time against MMA.
- The blue-and-gold has kept Mass. Maritime off the scoreboard six times including fourth straight meetings.
- All, but one of the seventh meetings between Suffolk and MMA have ended via shutout.
- Suffolk and Mass. Maritime battled in September for the second time, first since 2019.
- Both meetings between the Rams and Bucs that have happened in September have ended via cleansheet.
- Suffolk has outscored MMA 13-0 in September all-time.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk hits the road Tuesday, Sept. 12 for a tilt at Fitchburg State at 4 p.m.
