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Natalie Landau '22 dribbles past a Bowdoin defender
9
Winner Amherst AMHERST (1-0-0)
0
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO (1-2-0)
Winner
Amherst AMHERST
(1-0-0)
9
Final
0
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO
(1-2-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Amherst AMHERST 8 1 9
Mount Holyoke MOUNT HO 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

No. 10 Women's Soccer Earns 9-0 Victory After Explosive First Half

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Ranked No. 10 in Division III in the United Soccer Coaches National top-25 preseason poll, the Amherst College women's soccer team put on a clinic in their 2021 season opener as they potted eight first half scores and held the home to just one shot in the contest to power past Mount Holyoke College, 9-0, Thursday evening at the MHC Soccer Field.

With the win, Amherst opens the year at 1-0-0, while Mount Holyoke drops to 1-2-0 on the season. The Mammoths return to action this Saturday, Sept. 11 when they kick off conference play with a 2:30pm matchup at Bowdoin College.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Mammoths needed just 43 seconds to record what stood as the game-winner as Alexa Juarez '23 headed a shot past the Lyons' netminder following a corner kick by Sophia Fikke '22.
  • Striking twice in less than three minutes, senior Natalie Landau notched back-to-back scores via an unassisted marker from outside the box that curled into the right side of the net and an assist from Juarez to give Amherst a 3-0 lead.
  • Sophomore Liza Katz logged her first collegiate goal with 11:50 remaining in the first half, burying a rebound, before first-year Patience Kum registered the first two scores of her collegiate career with consecutive unassisted markers just 2:39 apart.
  • The third Mammoth to pick up their first goal donning the Purple & White, Abby Schwartz '24 made it a 7-0 game with 4:10 remaining before sending a dish to Izzy Geneve '23 with 2:48 on the clock to earn an assist and push the score to 8-0 at the break.       
  • Amherst's final goal of the game came 11:11 into the second frame, with Katz's second score of the night extending the visitor's lead to 9-0.
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Mika Fisher '24, Katya Besch '25, and Brooke Harrington '22 each saw time in net for the Mammoths, with Fisher (1-0-0) going unchallenged in the start to earn the win and Harington making a stop on the Lyons lone shot on target in the matchup.
  • Holding Mount Holyoke without a shot in the first half, Amherst owned a 21-1 advantage in shots on frame, and a 10-0 edge in corner kicks.

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