EAST BOSTON – Eight different Rams found the back of the net as Suffolk women's soccer put on an 8-0 offensive onslaught of Fisher Thursday night at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 8 | Fisher 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-2-0) | Fisher (1-5-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Five goals came over the first 45 minutes with the first just 5:19 into the contest. From the left 30-yard like Alex Stamatos sent a cross field pass to Cassandra LaBarbara. The junior dribbled down the pitch to the 10-yard line where she into the lower left of the net.
Four minutes later Hayley Long etched her name down as a Suffolk goal scorer thanks to a set-up by Jazmya Harris. Harris brought the ball deep into a group of Falcon defenders, pulled it back out, slipped it to Long for a loopy one-timer over Isabella Massengale's jumping gloves.
Less than two minutes later Kylie Flynn received a pass from Aislinn Servaes took the rock to the left side of the box and rolled past Massengale into the same side bottom corner to make it a three-goal game.
The scoring didn't stop there as Klaudia Rushi put away a feed from Nicole Morin-Trotta at the 23rd minute and Julia Hunt notched an unassisted tally in the 31st minute. The freshman's and senior's strikes gave the Rams a five-goal cushion at intermission.
A few into the second stanza Chelsea Fallon's goal, which was aided by Morin-Trotta, stretched the distance to six. From the center of the box, a misdirected pass from Morin-Trotta to Fallon, who was on the right, caught the Falcons' defense off guard, which allowed Fallon an open attempt that sailed into the upper half of the right twine.
Things stayed put until there was less than 10 minutes left in regulation. Carley Pearce added a tally at the 81:18-minute mark, before Morin-Trotta managed to put her own goal away 5:20 after Pearce's for the final 8-0 margin.
KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS
- Allison Rodrigues stopped the lone shot she faced.
- Massengale was forced to have a stand-up night with a 20-save effort despite the setback.
STATISTISCALLY SPEAKING
- Morin-Trotta, one of eight Suffolk goal scorers, finished the night with four points on one goal and two assists. She was the only blue-and-gold player with multiple points.
- Flynn, Rushi, LaBarbera, Hunt, Pearce, Fallon and Long all chipped in one goal.
- Harris, Servaes and JJ Kaczorowski had one assist apiece.
- Suffolk commanded the pace of the game with a 51-1 shot advantage, which included a 28-1 attempts on target upperhand.
- The Rams took all 12 corners in the contest.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk and Fisher met for the first time.
- The Rams have ran their win streak to three, the longest win streak since matching that number of wins in a row Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2019.
- Suffolk has strung three straight shutouts together for the first time since the last two games of the 2018 campaign and the first outing of the 2019 calendar.
- The three cleansheets in a row in a single season mark the first since matching that number of shutouts Sept.3-10, 2016.
- Suffolk's eight goals scored are the most in a single game since potting 10 in a 10-0 decision at Mass. Maritime Sept. 9, 2019.
- Morin-Trotta finished with a career-high in points (4) and assists (2).
- Fallon, LaBarbera and Rushi scored her first collegiate goal.
- Hunt and Pearced produced their first point of the season with one goal apiece.
- Kaczorowski recorded her first collegiate point with one assist.
- Suffolk now has shutout six opponents this season, all of which have been registered by Rodrigues in net.
- Rodrigues has 17 career shutouts to her credit.
- The Rams have kept an opponent of the scoreboard 17 times in the Ashely Van Vechten era.
POST-GAME PIC
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk ventures to Western New England Saturday, Oct. 2 for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) clash with the Golden Bears that is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.
