Heffernan's Header Leads Women's Soccer to 1-1 Draw with Southern Connecticut Saturday
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College women's soccer played all the way to a 1-1 draw with the Southern Connecticut State Owls on Saturday in Northeast-10 Conference action, making for the third tie for the Warriors this season.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 1, Southern Conn. 1
Records: Merrimack (6-5-3, 3-4-3 NE-10) | Southern Conn. (6-5-3, 5-3-2 NE-10)
Location: Martone-Mejail Field |North Andover, Mass.
How It Happened
- 15' – The Warriors nearly jumped out to an early 1-0 about a third of the way into the first half on a shot from deep from junior Emily Maier (Mesa, Ariz.). On an offensive break with a two other Warriors, Maier would find herself with some open territory as he defenders cut off passing lanes. The junior would rip a shot from 20 yards out that made it over the keepers rech, but just went wide of sneaking inside the far post.
- 31' – Merrimack again looked as though it would take a lead on their third corner kick of the game. Junior Sarah Boucher (Northbridge, Mass.) would track the feed from the corner and look to head it into the net, but the redirect would go wide of the net.
- 41' – Just two minutes after her near header goal, Boucher would get another chance on a break up the middle of the field. She would fire a hard shot right on net that was stopped, but left a juicy rebound right in front of the net. Senior Bianca Giacalone (Gloucester, Mass.) then got in a footrace with the keeper to the loose ball, but the keeper would barely beat her and save a goal.
- 57' – The Warriors' goal would come 12 minutes into the second half on their sixth corner kick of the contest. With nearly every player in Navy and Fold pushed forward, Maier would deliver a perfect corner to the near post. Heffernan would crouch and let the ball ricochet off her head and beat the keeper on the near side for first goal of the senior defender and captain's career.
- 79' – With just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation, Southern Connecticut would tie the game up at 1-1. After an initial diving save from junior goalkeeper Molly Meehan (Fairfield, Conn.), the rebound would deflect right to the foot of a Southern Connecticut attacker, who rolled it into the back of the net for the tie.
Inside The Numbers
- The Warriors ended a decently lengthy scoring drought at Martone-Mejail Field on Saturday, as Heffernan's goal was the first goal for Merrimack at their home field in their last three games.
- Heffernan's first-career goal is also just the third points for the defender's career and first points for the senior co-captain since her freshman year when she registered an assist, the only other point of her career.
- Saturday marks the third tie for the Warriors this season, which already matches their total from the 2015 season.
- Shots/SOG: MC – 20/8 | SCSU – 20/8
- Corner Kicks: MC – 12 | SCSU – 3
Up Next
The Warriors are back on the road Tuesday night when they travel to Assumption for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff with the Greyhounds.
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