Women's Soccer Defeats Holy Family 2-1
Smithfield, R.I. - The Bryant University Women's Soccer team defeated Holy Family 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Bulldog Stadium.
The victory was Bulldogs Head Coach Chris Flint's 100th career victory.
The Bulldogs game-winning goal came by of an own goal in the 86h minute, with Diane Pascale (Plymouth, Mass.) putting intense pressure on the Tigers defense.
Lauren Childers (Franklin, Mass.) scored her first goal of the season with less than a minute to the play in the half, taking the ball out of a scramble in the box and kicking it past Tigers goaltender Kelly McGrogan to tie the game. Danielle Malta (Bethel, Conn.), who too the free kick to begin the play, picked up the assist, her fourth of the season.
Holy Family scored first as Brianne Redelheim notched her seventh of the season on a feed from Theresa Cirino.
Katie Mitchell (Deer Park, N.Y.) stopped one shot in the first half and was relieved by Jessica Clark (Barnstable, Mass.) in the second half. Clark stopped four shots, improving her record to 3-0-1.
Bryant outshot the Tigers 15-8 but McGrogran was sharp, stopping 11 shots.
The Bulldogs (10-6-1, 6-4-1 NE-10) will visit host St. Anselms Wednesday (3 p.m.) at Bulldog stadium.