Strong Second Half Propels Women's Soccer To 3-1 Win Over Navy

Sunday, September 4

1:30 pm

Navy

Strong Second Half Propels Women's Soccer To 3-1 Win Over Navy

9/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

BUFFALO, NY – Behind a strong second half performance, the University at Buffalo women's soccer team (2-2-2, 0-0-0 MAC) collected a big 3-1 victory over Navy on Sunday afternoon at UB Stadium. Carissima Cutrona netted a pair of second half goals to lift the Bulls to victory, giving the sophomore two career two-goal games.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 3, Navy 1
Records: Buffalo (2-2-2, 0-0-0 MAC), Navy (1-4-1, 0-0-0 Patriot League)
Buffalo Goal: Mairead Martin (1), Carissima Cutrona 2 (5)
Buffalo Assist: Ashley Evans (1), Moira Petrie (1), Nicole Gerritz (1), Adrianna VanCuyck (1)
Navy Goal: Clare MacAdam (4)
Navy Assist: Ash Fairow (2)
Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 203

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Laura Dougall, Nicole Gerritz, Gurjeena Jandu, Angel Hart, Adrianna VanCuyck, Andrea Niper, Ashley Evans, Moira Petrie, Julia Benati, Celina Carrero, Carissima Cutrona
Navy: Clare MacAdam, Cat Macklin, Karli Sottung, Liza Harris, Megan Rogers, Alex Jackson, Eleanor Pratt, Ash Fairow, Natalie Dzhandzhapanyan, Megan Hegarty, Dayton Wetherby

How It Happened

Navy had the first chance of the match in the fifth minute as Ash Fairow ripped a shot from in close that Laura Dougall made the stop on.
The Mids got on the board first in the 10^th minute of play as Ash Fairow crossed a great ball into the box where Clare MacAdam buried her team leading fourth goal of the year.
Two minutes later, freshman Adrianna VanCuyck saved a goal as Ash Fairow had a open net but her blast was blocked away by VanCuyck.
In the 32^nd minute, Adrianna VanCuyck had the Bulls first great chance of the game as she ripped a shot on goal from 18-yards out that was saved by the Navy keeper.
The Bulls were able to get the equalizing goal in the 44^th minute as Ashley Evans placed a great corner into the box where freshman Mairead Martin headed home her first career goal into the left corner of the net.
In the 49^th minute, Eleanor Pratt hit a free kick from 30 yards out that was saved by a leaping Laura Dougall.
Laura Dougall came up with a huge save in the 59^th minute as Clare MacAdam broke in all alone and Dougall dropped to a knee and blocked the hard shot away.
The Bulls had their best chance of the second half in the 68^th minute as Nicole Gerritz found Carissima Cutrona in the box but her right-footed shot went right on goal and was saved by the Navy keeper.
The Bulls took the 2-1 lead in the 73^rd minute as Moira Petrie sent Nicole Gerritz in deep with a pass and she crossed it into the box where Carissima Cutrona ripped home her team-leading fourth goal of the season.
The lead was extended to 3-1 in the 77^th minute as Carissima Cutrona took a great feed from Adrianna VanCuyck and she netted her second of the match into the right corner.
Aiming for her first career hat-trick, Carissima Cutrona ripped a shot in the 87^th minute that was saved by the diving Navy keeper.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, the Bulls improve to 2-0-1 at UB Stadium this season.
The Bulls held the 15-10 edge in shots and the 6-1 edge in corner kicks for the match.
With her two goals on Sunday, Carissima Cutrona now has a pair of two-goal games, both coming this season. Carissima Cutrona now has a team-high and career-high five goals on the season.
Freshman Mairead Martin collected her first career goal in the first half as she headed home a corner from Ashley Evans.
Senior defender Ashley Evans notched her first career point as she picked up an assist on Mairead Martin's goal.
With her assist on Carissima Cutrona's second goal, Adrianna VanCuyck picked up her first career point.
Laura Dougall finished off her 27^th career victory with six saves between the pipes for the Bulls. Her 27 career wins ties her for second most in program history with Anna-Lesa Calvert.
Carissima Cutrona finished off the win with a team-high five shots while Julia Benati notched three and now has a team-high 22 on the year.

Player Of The Match

Following the match, Moira Petrie was named Player of the Match after a strong second half effort in the midfield. Petrie also picked up her first assist of the season on Carissima Cutrona's game-winning goal.