AMHERST, MA. —
Nell Dwyer scored twice in the first 14 minutes and
Katerina Davis added a pair after halftime as the Amherst College women's soccer team bested Emmanuel College, 7-1, on Monday afternoon, in the annual Cancer Awareness Game.
The Mammoths controlled the match from the opening minutes, finishing with a 29-5 edge in shots and a 13-2 advantage in corner kicks. Five different players scored for Amherst, and five more goals after halftime turned a 2-0 lead into the program's biggest win of the season.
With the victory, Amherst moves to 5-6-0 on the season, while Emmanuel falls to 6-4-2.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
- Amherst struck in the first three minutes. After an early corner kick and a shot from Ani Populoh, Dwyer finished at the 2:46 mark for a 1-0 lead.
- The defender doubled the advantage in the 14th minute. Amherst earned back-to-back corners, and moments later Pao Monter set up Dwyer, who scored her second of the afternoon at 13:12 to make it 2-0.
- Emmanuel goalkeeper Teigan Robie kept the visitors within two the rest of the half, stopping chances from Davis, Caroline Coletti and Millie McLeod, and the Mammoths took a 2-0 lead into the break.
- Amherst broke the game open early in the second half, scoring three times in under eight minutes. Emma Darling made it 3-0 at 48:04. Coletti hit the left post at 50:01 and Darling hit the right post at 51:39, and 15 seconds later Coletti scored at the 51:54 mark for a 4-0 lead. Katie Pedersen then set up Davis at 55:28 to make it 5-0.
- Allison Hayes found Mandy Sutton for the Mammoths' sixth goal at 67:24, and Davis scored her second of the day at 69:55, shortly after an Amherst corner, for a 7-0 lead.
- Emmanuel scored its only goal in the 80th minute, when Paige Letourneau set up Madelyn Goulding at the 79:58 mark.
BY THE NUMBERS:
* Amherst outshot Emmanuel 29-5 and put 16 attempts on target to the Saints' three. The Mammoths earned 13 corner kicks to Emmanuel's two, including eight in the second half.
* Dwyer scored twice on two shots, and Davis put all four of her shots on target and scored twice. Coletti led all players with six shots, four of them on goal. Monter, Pedersen and Hayes each had an assist.
* Three Amherst goalkeepers shared time in goal.
Corina Bellermann made one save in 52:57,
Molly Davidson made one save in 22:04, and
Sara Nagle played the final 14:59. Robie played all 90 minutes for Emmanuel and made nine saves.
* Amherst committed 11 fouls to Emmanuel's 10, and neither team was shown a card.
UP NEXT:
* Amherst returns to NESCAC play on Saturday, October 17th, at 11:00 AM, traveling to Waterville, Maine, to face Colby College at Serdjenian Field.
