Women's Soccer SU 6 vs UMass 0 8/21/15 4:00 @Umass Season Opener

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Matthew Alexander ‏@mattalex01 40m40 minutes ago
SU starting line-up: Street, Pitts, Simon, O’Neill, Jackie Firenze, Vigna, Pack, Iozzi, Koval, Skilton and Brosnan. Pack the lone frosh

Syracuse kicks off and the 2015 season is under way

Jackie Firenze to Alexis Koval for the tap in — Syracuse’s first goal of the season. 1-0 Orange. Goal off of Iozzi’s corner.

Syracuse playing the possession game here in the first half. Milking the ball around the right side of the field looking for open lanes.

Stephanie Skilton boots one in from a couple yards out in front of UMass's goal to give SU a 2-0 lead. Assisted by Erin Simon.

Sheridan Street quickly follows with a bomb from the left wing into the top right corner of the net. 3-0 Syracuse.

 

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'Cuse Women's Soccer ‏@cusewsoc 22m22 minutes ago
GOAL!: The seniors start off the 2015 season early! @Alexiskoval from @jackieefire & Maya Pitts. 1-0 in the 10th minute. #FirstClass

GOAL!: @skilton_steph tallies her first of the season on an assist from senior @ErinSimon19 to make it 2-0! 22nd minute. #FirstClass

AND AGAIN!: @sstreet10 buries one about a minute later to put 'Cuse up 3-0 in the 24th minute. #GoalsForDays

We're at halftime here in Amherst. 3-0 Cuse leads UMass. Goals from Koval (1), Skilton (1), and Street (1). #FirstClass

@Alexiskoval nets her second goal of the game to extend the Orange lead to 5-0. We are on

. #FirstClass

Maya Pitts puts one in the back of the net to make it 6-0! She now has a goal and two assists. #FirstClass

6-0 is the final! Orange open the 2015 season in style. Koval (2), Pitts (1), Skilton (1), Lamontagne (1) and Street (1) scored. #FirstClass

 

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Matthew Alexander ‏@mattalex01 13m13 minutes ago
Second half underway here at Rudd Field. Syracuse has forced offsides on UMass’s two counter-attacks so far.

Alex Lamontagne joins in on the fun, fires one into the back of the net on an assist from Maya Pitts. Syracuse now leads 4-0.

Alexis Koval goes left on a penalty kick, extends the SU lead to 5-0. 22 minutes remaining.

6-0 Syracuse. Maya Pitts skies one into the top of the net after a touch pass from Lamontagne into the box. Koval with the hockey assist.

FINAL: Syracuse shuts out UMass 6-0 for its first win of the season. Syracuse gets off 10 more shots than the Minutewomen (18-8).

 

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Orange Offensive Outburst Opens Season With 6-0 Win Over UMass
Next Game:

at Providence

8/23/2015 - 1 pm


AMHERST, Mass.- The Syracuse women's soccer team poured it on offensively in its 2015 season opener, beating Massachusetts by a final score of 6-0 win, as five different Orange found the back of the net on Friday afternoon.

Graduate student Alexis Koval and senior Maya Pitts led the offensive charge for Syracuse, registering half of the Orange goals against the Minutewomen. Koval scored twice and dished out an assist as Pitts tallied a goal and two assists. Today's 6-0 win is the most lopsided win for Syracuse since 2002 when the Orange beat Robert Morris by a final score of 8-2.

Juniors Stephanie Skilton and Alex Lamontagne as well as sophomore Sheridan Street also got in on the offensive action, registering one goal each in the 6-0 rout of UMass.

"We were dynamic in attack from start to finish today," head coach Phil Wheddon said. "We did our best to press a big, physical UMass defense and I would say the goals we scored were a direct reflection of our hard work at practice."

Syracuse took 16 total shots offensively against the Minutewomen, placing 11 of them on goal.

Sophomore Courtney Brosnan picked up her third career clean sheet in net for the Orange, securing three saves on nine total shots.

The Orange opened up the scoring in the 10th minute as Koval beat UMass goalkeeper Danielle Kriscenski for the game's first goal. Seniors Jackie Firenze and Pitts set up the play, allowing Koval to blast it home, making it 1-0.

It took another 12 minutes for the Orange to extend their lead to two when Skilton received a pass from senior Erin Simon, burying it past Kriscenski to put Syracuse up 2-0 in the 22nd minute. Only two minutes later, the Orange now saw their lead at 3-0 as Street accepted a pass from sophomore Jessica Vigna inside the box, volleying and striking it beautifully for the goal.

Headed into halftime, Syracuse controlled a comfortable 3-0 lead, but the scoring would not end there.

Lamontagne picked up the Orange scoring in the second half, finishing for her first goal of the season off the second assist of the day from Pitts, coming in the 59th minute. With Syracuse holding a commanding 4-0 lead, the scoring would still continue.

Koval made it 5-0 in favor of Syracuse after connecting on a penalty kick in the 69th minute. Pitts then increased the lead to six as Lamontagne and Koval set her up for the game's final goal in the 82nd minute.

"This win is a great start to our season when you score goals like that on top of securing a shutout," Wheddon said. "In 48 hours, we have to recover and get ready for a strong Providence team."

The Orange will travel to take on Providence on Sunday at 1 p.m. Live stats are available via Cuse.com.

 

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