Women's Soccer Thumps Anna Maria in GNAC Win, 9-1

THE BASICS 

Score:             
Emmanuel College, 9; Anna Maria, 1
Records:         
Emmanuel College Saints (9-8, 8-3 GNAC)
Anna Maria College AMCats (3-13-1, 0-10-1 GNAC)
Location:         
Paxton, Mass. – AMCat Field
Date:               
Saturday, October 26, 2019

THE LEAD:  Senior defender Kaylin Deschenes (Lynn, Mass.) scored her first career hat trick to power the Emmanuel College women's soccer team past Anna Maria College, 9-1, on Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at AMCat Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED  

• Deschenes opened the scoring in the 15^th minute of play, hooking up with junior midfielder Sydney Allen (Charlestown, R.I.) to get the Saints on the board at 1-0 before Allen made it 2-0 during the 16^th minute with an assist from senior forward Natalie Dash (East Hampton, Conn.)
• Deschenes wasted no time to make it 3-0, scoring in the 17^th minute before first year forward Megan McMillen (North Branford, Conn.) scored to make it 4-0 in the 28^th minute with another Dash assist.
• EC outshot the hosts by a 14-1 margin at the break, dominating the time of possession.
• Junior wingback Hannah Sheskey (Scituate, Mass.) scored an unassisted marker early in the second stanza to bump the lead to 5-0 before Dash got into the scoring action with her team-leading ninth goal of the year, with Deschenes returning the favor with the assist to make it 6-0.
• Deschenes notched the hat trick in the 58^th minute with the help of an assist from junior winger Paige White (Guilford, Conn.) for the 7-0 score.
• Sheskey found  the back of the net for the second time of the game in the 63^rd minute to add to the lead at 8-0, finishing a pass from sophomore defender Kennedy Davignon (Woodstock, Conn.)
• The AMCats broke up the shutout in the 69^th minute with an unassisted goal by Shannon LeBlanc but the Saints got it back before the final whistle as sophomore winger Hannah Sullivan capped off the scoring in the 86^th minute to account for the 9-1 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• The goals by Sullivan and McMillen were the first of their collegiate careers, respectively.
• EC first year keeper Alyssa Crugnale (Middleton, Mass.) made five saves, all in the second half, to pick up the win and improve to 4-0 on the year in net for Emmanuel.
• The nine goal output was the most in a single game by the Saints this season and the most overall in a game since the 2017 Saints squad recorded a 10-0 win over the AMCats on September 9, 2017.
• Emmanuel finished the game outshooting Anna Maria by a 24-7 margin and owned a 9-0 advantage in corner kicks.

UP NEXT

• EC returns to action on Wednesday, October 30 for their regular-season GNAC finale, playing host to Regis College at Roberto Clemente Field at 7:00 PM.
• Anna Maria wraps its 2019 season the same day, heading to Providence, R.I. to take on Johnson & Wales University at 7:30 PM.