October 20, 2008
BULLDOGS PLAY LONE HOME MATCH OF 2008 THIS WEEK; TRAVEL TO HARTFORD WEDNESDAY, BATTLE CORNELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT BULLDOG STADIUM
SMITHFIELD, RI- The Bryant University women's soccer team fell to Dartmouth, 1-0, last
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Bryant will honors its seniors Friday afternoon versus Cornell
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Tuesday, but bounced back to beat NJIT, 3-1, Sunday afternoon in one of their best performances of the season. The Bulldogs peppered the Highlanders with 28 shots in the game, the most since recording 28 shots at Bentley on September 11, 2007. Sophomore Sarah Donovan (Storrs, Conn.) tied a Bryant record with three assists in the game, dishing out the helper on all of Bryant's goals. Leading scorer Kaitlyn Hinck (Bow, N.H.) added her sixth goal of the game along with scoring her third game-winner of the season. Hinck's six goals are the most by a freshman since Diane Pascale had 10 in 2004. Sophomore defender Steph Del Mistro (East Williston, N.Y.) scored her first goal of the season in the 59th minute of play. Bryant will play its lone home game of the season this week, hosting the Big Red from Cornell on Friday afternoon after traveling to Hartford on Wednesday evening.
Scouting the Hawks
The Hartford Hawks (7-5-4, 4-2-1 America East) are coming off a
loss at UNH, 2-1. Prior to the loss, the Hawks had been unbeaten in
five straight games, going 4-0-1 and outscoring their opponents
12-2. The squad is currently third in the America East behind UNH
(5-2-0) and undefeated Boston University (6-0-0).
The leading scored for Hartford is Lauren Aldred who has put home eight goal in 16 games for the Hawks. Aldred also leads the team with three game-winning goals and has scored two goals on penalty kicks in three attempts. Kacey Busque is second on the team in points with 11, scoring two goals to go along with her team-leading seven assists. Starting keeper Lauren Brodeur has surrendered just 11 goals in 16 games, good for a 0.66 goals against average.
Scouting the Big Red
The Big Red from Cornell University is on a six-game
losing skid and have gone winless in their last 10 matches, posting
a 1-9-1 record on the season. The squad's lone win came against
Oakland University in their season opener. Cornell has been held to
eight goals all year while surrendering 28.
Brook Chang and Lena Russomagno lead the way for the Big Red. Chang is the team-leader in goals with three on the season, and is tied for the lead in points with six. Russomagno has added two goals while dishing out two assists.
Bulldogs in the Record Book
Sophomore Sarah Donovan tied a Bulldog record by dishing
out three assists in a, 3-1, win over NJIT last week. The last
Bulldog to have three assists was Casey Grange in 2006. Other
players to do so were Nicki Gradmaison, Allison Kelly, and
Christine Kalukiewicz.
Goalkeeper Jessica Clark (Barnstable, Mass.) saved a Bryant single-game record 16 shots in a 3-3 tie against Brown last week. The previous record was 13 on August 29, 2003 at Adelphi held by Kim Reckart.
Underclass Heroes
The Bulldogs have continued to see great contributions from
underclassmen this season. Freshman Kaitlyn Hinck leads the team
with eleven points, tallying six goals and one assist thus far
including the game winning goals in all three wins for Bryant (3-2
over Northern Colorado, 3-2 over Wagner, and 3-1 over NJIT).
Donovan is second on the team in points with 11, registering three
goals and five assists, scoring the game-tying goal at Stony Brook
earlier this year and putting home a goal against Brown.
Brooke Duchaney (2g, 2a) is third on the team with
six points along, finding the back of the net for the second time
this season against NJIT with just 48 seconds to go in the contest.
Freshman Kalie Whitehouse (Braintree,
Mass.) recorded her first career goal in a loss at
Northeastern, and sophomore Steph Del Mistro scored her first
career goal last week against NJIT. The underclassmen have
accounted for 28 of the 40 total points thus far this season for
the Bulldogs.
Honoring the Bulldogs
On Friday, October 24th versus Cornell, the Bryant
University soccer program will honor seven seniors: Jessica
Clark, Jessica Conley (Salem, N.H.), Kristina Dionne (Raymond,
N.H.) Danielle Malta (Bethel, Conn.), Daisy Martinez (Eliot,
Maine), Jessica Neales (Swansea, Mass.), Amy Orzechowski (Milford,
Conn.).
Come watch the Bulldogs
Come check out Bryant at Bulldog Stadium on Friday
afternoon (3 p.m.). Check www.bryantbulldogs.com
for all of your Bryant sports updates.
