Women's Soccer Runs Past Binghamton, 3-0

Friday, September 11

7 pm

4-2-1 (0-0-0MAC)

Binghamton

1-4-1 (0-0-0AEC)

Binghamton

Buffalo

Women's Soccer Runs Past Binghamton, 3-0

9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York women's soccer team completely dominated the Binghamton Bearcats on Friday night as they notched a season-high three goals in the 3-0 victory. Senior forward N'Dea Johnson scored her first goal in two years and Carissima Cutrona scored her first career goal to lift the Bulls in front of the home fans.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 3, Binghamton 0
Goal Scorers: Julia Benati (2), Carissima Cutrona (1), N'Dea Johnson (1)
Assists: Kassidy Kidd 2 (3), Carissima Cutrona (1)
Records: Buffalo (4-2-1), Binghamton (1-4-1)
Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
The Short Story: The UB offense exploded on Friday night in front of the home fans as they recorded a season-high three goals in the victory over Binghamton. Carissima Cutrona finished with a goal and an assist while Kassidy Kidd notched two assists as UB improved to 13-0-2 at home over the last two seasons.

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Laura Dougall, Kristin Markiewicz, Angel Hart, Julia Benati, Carissima Cutrona, Kassidy Kidd, Meghan Simmons, Celina Carrero, Jackie Hall, Brianna Shingary, Andrea Niper
Binghamton: Katie Hatziyianis, Emma Maslin, Sierra Barr, Katherine Corcoran, Allison Mack, Hannah Shankman, Valerie McNamara, Alyssa Vallar, Leighann Bennett, Jacque Rice, Stephani Church

How It Happened

The UB offense got off to a great start on Friday as Brianna Shingary had the first shot of the contest just six minutes into action, forcing the keeper to make a diving stop to the right corner.
Julia Benati came close to scoring in the eighth minute but her header glanced off the outside of the post and out of play.
After Laura Dougall made a huge diving stop on Stephani Church to keep the game scoreless, the Bulls were able to get on the scoreboard in the 25^th minute. Julia Benati took a great feed from Carissima Cutrona and she buried her second goal of the season in the lower left corner.
A couple minutes later, Rebecca Bramble had a great chance to score but her breakaway attempt was pushed away by the goalkeeper.
In the 32^nd minute, Celina Carrero made a great spin move on the defender to get free but her blast from 10 yards out was denied by Katie Hatziyianis.
In the 35^th minute, Binghamton had their best chance to score but Laura Dougall leaped and punched the would-be goal over the top of the net, preserving the shutout.
As the second half began, the Bulls offense continued their strong play. Andrea Niper had a great header attempt that was turned away by the keeper after a perfect free kick from Brianna Shingary into the box.
In the 57^th minute, UB broke through with their second goal of the game as Carissima Cutrona found the back of the net for the first time in her UB career. Cutrona took a great feed from Kassidy Kidd and burned the keeper for the marker.
Carissima Cutrona and Brianna Shingary had great chances to add goals later but both of their attempts went just wide.
In the 77^th minute, the UB bench erupted as N'Dea Johnson notched the first goal of her career after a great pass off the foot of Kassidy Kidd. Johnson went in all alone and beat the keeper to the left corner for the marker.
Jackie Hall almost notched the fourth UB goal in the 84^th minute but her header attempt was grabbed by the keeper.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, the Bulls improve to 13-0-2 at UB Stadium over the last two seasons. Sophomore goalkeeper Laura Dougall has recorded nine cleansheets in 15 career matches at home for the Bulls.
The Bulls defense has been dominant at home over their last 29 home matches, earning 18 cleansheets.
The Bulls improved to 5-1-0 all-time against Binghamton and have outscored the Bearcats 12-1 over the six meetings.
With win tonight, Laura Dougall is now tied for 5^th all-time in wins (20) with Amy Coron.
With her fourth cleansheet of the season, Laura Dougall is now tied for 9^th all-time in shutouts in a season.
Redshirt freshman Carissima Cutrona notched her first career goal and assist in the victory for UB. The Williamsville native also finished with a career-high five shots in the win.
Senior N'Dea Johnson scored the first goal of her career after sitting out the previous two seasons at UB.
Senior Kassidy Kidd recorded her first-career two assist game in the win for the Bulls. She now leads the team with three assists on the season.
UB held the dominant 26-8 edge in shots as well as the 6-0 edge in corner kicks.
The Bulls had a season-high 12 players record at least one shot while Celina Carrero finished off her impressive night with four shots including two on goal.
Freshman Meghan Simmons made her first career start in the midfield on Friday night.

Player of the Match
Following the match, Kassidy Kidd and Celina Carrero were awarded the "Co-Player of the Match" award by the UB coaching staff after their dominant offensive efforts against Binghamton.

Saint Joseph's – Jackie Hall
Drexel – Kristin Markiewicz
Canisius – Julia Benati
St. Bonaventure – Kassidy Kidd
Syracuse – Dana Lytle
Niagara – Rebecca Bramble
Binghamton – Kassidy Kidd / Celina Carrero

Up Next

The Bulls will have a week before their next match as they will travel to West Virginia for a non-conference match with the Mountaineers. The match is set to kick off at 7:00 pm on Friday, September 18.