WOMEN'S SOCCER FINISHES GNAC REGULAR SEASON WITH 6-1 WIN
Oct. 22, 2011
PAXTON, Mass. - On a day that the Anna Maria Women's Soccer Team donned pink t-shirts as part of their Kick Cancer campaign and celebrated Senior Day, the Cats dropped a 6-1 decision to Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) foe Emmanuel College at AMCAT field. The win gave Emmanuel its 10th victory of the season, boosting the Saints' record to 10-7-2 (6-6-1 GNAC), while Anna Maria remains winless at 0-18 (0-13 GNAC).
Anna Maria's graduating seniors Amanda Hevy (North Brookfield, Mass.), Alexa Hare (North Brookfield, Mass.) and Ashley Maryyanek (Boylston, Mass.) were all honored before the game.
The Saints took a 2-0 lead in the first half. A quick goal by Melanie Hoffman (Topsham, Maine) at the 3:34 mark gave the Saints the lead for good. Brittany Ridge (Portland, Maine) picked up the assist on the goal. Sophomore Bethany Avila (Swansea, Mass.) scored her first goal of the season in the 22nd minute.
Goaltender Amanda Hevy kept AMC in the game, making several key saves throughout the half. Saints' Mariana McCormack (Bristol, Conn.) had a break-a-way halfway thru the first, when Hevy came out of her net to challenge and made an incredible save. Hevy finished the game with a season-high 37 saves.
AMC's junior Erica Neugarten (Natick, Mass.) scored in the 55th minute to make it a 3-1 game. Neugarten scored after freshman Jordyn Beaulieu's (Miford, Mass.) shot went off the left post and Erica drove a shot low and outside past Emmanuel's goalkeeper Jackie Murray (Saugus, Mass.).
Emmanuel scored four more in the second half. Candace Scanlon (Millbury, Mass.) scored shortly into the second half. Amanda Roberts (Hudson, Mass.) also tallied and freshman Cate Taras (Belchertown, Mass.) had two late goals in the win.
Anna Maria returns to action on Monday, October 24th when travel to Newbury College for their season finale at 4:00 pm. Emmanuel will play at Curry College on Tuesday night in their last game of the regular season.
Courtesy of Anna Maria Sports Information