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St. Mary's City, Md. - The St. Mary's College
of Maryland women's soccer team found the back of the net four
times in posting a 4-2 victory over the visiting Green Terror of
McDaniel on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action. Four
different players scored for the Seahawks as SMCM improved to 1-1
on the season.
St. Mary's posted a 1-0 halftime lead following junior forward
Lauren Carrier's (Crownsville, Md./Old Mill)
unassisted goal at 16:31.
After the 15-minute intermission, the Seahawks tacked on two
more goals in a four-minute span. Sophomore Erika
Kenny (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) sparked the scoring
as she converted a feed from junior midfielder Katie
Klotz (Bowie, Md./Good Counsel) at 49:36. Sophomore
defender Tessa Searle (Olney, Md./Sherwood)
followed suit as Searle punted back a cleared ball over the
sophomore keeper Leanne Hollinger's (Westminster,
Md./Winters Mill) head for a 3-0 Seahawk lead.
McDaniel avoided the shutout as sophomore midfielder
Melanie Armstrong (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mt. Sinai)
converted on a free kick at 53:28. St. Mary's answered back
as sophomore defender Sophia Esparza (Silver
Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) chipped one in at 68:09. The
Green Terror got within two once again when sophomore forward
Brittany Baer (Westminster, Md./Westminster) slid
one past junior Marie Oben (Glenn Dale, Md./St.
Mary's-Annapolis) at 76:30.
Oben gave up both goals and made one save, while freshman
Elizabeth Benge (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) had
a save in 13:29 minutes of reserve action. Hollinger turned
away 17 shots in the loss.
St. Mary's dominated the contest with 36 shots and seven corner
kicks, while the Green Terror had only four shots and no corner
kicks.
The Seahawks return to action on Friday-Saturday, September 7-8
when SMCM travels to Allentown, Pennsylvania for the Mule Classic
hosted by Muhlenberg College. The Hawks will take on
Misericordia University on Friday at 5:00 followed by the
University of Scranton on Saturday at 3:00. McDaniel will
host Frostburg State University on September 8 at 3:00 for its next
game.
