Carter Scores Twice as Women's Soccer Shuts Out Saint Anselm, 3-0 on Saturday
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – Sophomore Victoria Carter (Smithfield, R.I.) posted her second two-goal game of the season as the Merrimack College women's soccer team beat Saint Anselm 3-0 in Manchester, N.H. on Saturday afternoon for the team's fifth win in six games.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 3, Saint Anselm 0
Records: Merrimack (10-3-3, 7-3-2 NE-10) | Saint Anselm (7-8-1, 5-7 NE-10)
Location: Melucci Field | Manchester, N.H.
How It Happened
With their win on Saturday, the Warriors clinched an Northeast-10 Conference playoff berth. Under head coach Gabe Mejail, Merrimack has now made the playoffs 30 out of 31 years and posted double-digit win seasons in 30 out of 32 years. The program has now also posted winning season in 31 out of 32 years under Mejail, which is the most in the history of Division II.
The first goal of the game would be netted by Carter at the 22:48 mark of the first half. Freshman Erika Scott (Mendon, Mass.) started the play, running the ball up the right side. She would serve the ball into the box where senior Jenna Savi (Dedham, Mass.) was ready and waiting. Savi would quickly flick the ball over to Carter who slid and tipped the ball by the keeper for her first of the game.
Junior captain Megan Gada (Bozrah, Conn.) scored the second for Merrimack, recieving the ball on a drop pass from Carter and one-time volleying the pass right under the crossbar to put Merrimack up two.
Carter's second and the final goal of the game would come in the 81st minute on an assist from sophomore Cori Gillen (Stow, Mass.). Gillen delivered a through ball to Carter, who then ran by two defenders with a stutter step and put the ball by the keeper on the far post to give the Warriors the 3-0 lead.
Inside The Numbers
- Saint Anselm would outshoot Merrimack 21-10 in the game, and outnumber them on corner kicks by a margin of 7-3.
- On Carter's first goal, Savi picked up her NE-10 leading 12th assist of the season.
- Now part of four combined-shutouts on the year, senior goalkeeper Meghan Gulbrandsen (Haverhill, Mass.) sits third in the NE-10 with just seven goals against on the year.
Up Next
The Warriors host Stonehill on Wednesday for their second to last regular season game of 2015. Kickoff is set of 7:00 p.m.
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