Women’s Soccer Takes Care Of Southern Maine, 3-1

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's soccer team defeated the University of Southern Maine, 3-1, in non-conference action on Tuesday evening at Hempstead Stadium.

Olivia Pardo (Latham, N.Y.) and Sofia Agudelo (Avon, Conn.) headlined the Gulls' efforts with tallies at 5:42 and 21:27, respectively. 

Endicott also benefited from an own goal just 3:30 into the contest, and fed off that early momentum the rest of the way.

Pardo capitalized first when she fended off pressure near the penalty area and snuck a left-footed bounce shot into the lower left corner of the net for her second of the year. 

Alyssa McColl (Stoughton, Mass.) initiated the scoring chance with a dangerous cross from the left flank, collecting her first assist of the season.

Agudelo followed on the scoresheet 15:45 later with a fantastic individual effort to bury her first career goal. 

Near the top left corner of the box, Agudelo won a bounding ball between two defenders, turned towards goal, and fired a shot under the crossbar to make it a 3-0 contest. 

Sophomore goalkeeper Amanda Cosgrove (Newton, Mass.) and the rest of the Gulls' defense took care of things from there, holding Southern Maine to six shots total (1 goal allowed, 1 save) to improve their home record to 4-2-0 this season.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Today's contest was the first-ever meeting between the programs.
• Cosgrove pushed her record to 4-4-1 on the year.
• Pardo notched her second career goal.
• McColl dished out her third career assist. 

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (5-5-1) visits Johnson & Wales (R.I.) on Saturday, October 4 at 12 PM. Southern Maine (4-6-0) travels to Keene State this Saturday at 3:30 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Michael Kiselka '29)