NEW LONDON, N.H. – October 15, 2016 – Freshman
Molly MacLure (Westford, Mass.) scored two second half goals to lift the Colby-Sawyer College women's soccer team to a 3-2 win over Maine Maritime in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action on Saturday afternoon.
Prior to the game, Colby-Sawyer recognized its seven seniors
Kelsey Campbell (Upton, Mass.),
Lizzie Jorgensen (Manchester, Vt.),
Stevie Klein (Malden, Mass.),
Olivia Kurowski (Abington, Mass.),
Paige Prokop (Woburn, Mass.),
Rachel Quaye (Westminster, Mass.) and
Abby Woods (Barnstable, Mass.).
Colby-Sawyer has won four in a row to improve to 5-8-1 overall and 4-2-1 in the NAC. The Chargers will hit the road next weekend to conclude the regular season with games at UMaine-Farmington and Thomas. Maine Maritime drops to 6-6-1 overall and 3-3 in the NAC. The Mariners will host UMaine-Farmington on Tuesday.
The visitors scored the lone goal of the first half off the head of sophomore Makayla Lewis (Purcellville, Va.). Junior teammate Emily Wyman (Brockton, Mass.) set the play up for the assist.
The Chargers eventually found an equalizer in the 72nd minute when sophomore
Abbie Sansoucy (Douglas, Mass.) found the back of the net off a free kick from 30 yards.
One minute and two seconds later, the Chargers took their first lead of the match. Freshman
Alexis LaPointe (Abington, Mass.) assisted
Molly MacLure's third tally of the season.
The duo connected once again in the 82nd minute when LaPointe dribbled near the end line and chipped the ball back to MacLure who finished past the keeper.
Maine Maritime would get one goal back with less than four minutes to play. After an initial shot by Lewis was saved, sophomore Allison Boulier (Bangor, Maine) cleaned up and scored her second goal of the season.
Colby-Sawyer keeper
Sam Mitchell (Chester, N.H.) earned the win with three saves. Senior goalie Maggie McConkey (Fryeburg, Maine) made five saves for the Mariners.
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