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St. Mary's City, Md. - In a battle of
conference unbeatens, No. 25 St. Mary's College of Maryland came
out on top as senior forward Lauren Carrier
(Crownsville, Md./Old Mill) notched all three goals in the
Seahawks' 3-0 shutout of Stevens University Saturday afternoon in a
key Capital Athletic Conference match-up.
St. Mary's (7-0-3, 4-0-1 CAC) came into today's contest atop of
the league standings, while the Mustangs (8-5-2, 2-1-1 CAC) were in
second. The loss now drops Stevenson to fifth in the
standings.
Carrier collected her second career hat trick
with her three-goal output today and now leads the Hawks with 13
goals and 29 points, while freshman midfielder Bridget
McGovern (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional) assisted
on Carrier's second goal of the day.
Carrier started the scoring at 23:08 as she
corralled a misplaced Stevenson clear and dribbled it into the box
before sliding it to the right of freshman Brittany
Ross (Millersville, Md./Severna Park).
Two minutes later, Carrier took a diagonal pass
from McGovern in the right side of the box and
fired a shot in the far left corner. Ross
attempted to deflect it with an outstretched hand as she dove to
her right but was unable to cause a big enough deflection to save
the goal.
The third and final goal happened at 63:36 in the second half as
Carrier dribbled down the left side into the box
and placed a shot at the middle of the far right post.
In her first match back after missing three games with a broken
nose, senior Marie Oben made six stops in
improving to 5-0-2 on the season and lowering her GAA from 0.81 to
0.70.
The Seahawk defense held Stevenson's leading goal scorer,
freshman forward Stephanie Eyler (Thurmont,
Md./Catoctin), to just one shot on goal all game.
Despite making 12 saves, Ross'
conference-leading goals against average suffered as she went from
0.45 to 0.65 with three goals against this afternoon.
St. Mary's registered 13 shots in each half to boast a 26-15
advantage in shots, while the Seahawks owned a 5-2 margin in corner
kicks.
The Seahawks return to action next Wednesday, October 15 when
St. Mary's welcomes Virginia Wesleyan College to Seahawk Stadium
for a non-conference tilt at 4:00.
