Poughkeepsie, NY - The Montclair State women's soccer team, ranked 25th in Division III, received goals from five different players as the Red Hawks dominated Vassar College in a 5-0 victory on Saturday at Gordon Field.
ASHLEY KOESTER,
HEATHER SOOTKOOS,
KIMBERLY MIGNONE,
TYLER MADISON and
STEFANIE GOMES all had goal as MSU (7-1-1) ran its unbeaten streak to eight games with the victory. Montclair State also registered its fourth consecutive shutout and fifth overall this season.
Koester gave the Red Hawks a 1-0 lead 11 minutes into the game.
JANAE GEONNETTI served a ball on to the feet of Koester, who fired a shot from just out side the box into the lower right for her second goal of the season and a 1-0 Montclair State lead which went to two goals in the 28th minute as Sootkoos collected her first of the year off an assist by
MARTINA LANDEKA.
MSU took the 2-0 lead into halftime but quickly doubled it early in the second half scoring twice in a span of 2:43. Mignone got the first on a penalty kick at 50:27 and Madison followed with her team-leading sixth goal off a pass from
MALLORI HIGBEE with 36:50 to go in the second half.
KENDEL BERNARDINI set up Gomes for the game's final goal with 6:05 remaining.
Meanwhile, Montclair State's defense shut down the Vassar holding the Brewers to just two shots in the game. MSU finished with 16 shots and had the edge in corner kicks, 6-2
ERINNE FINLAYSON registered the shutout, her third in as many starts this season.
The Red Hawks are back in action on Wednesday, September 30 when it makes the short nine-mile trip to Wayne, NJ to face local and NJAC rival William Paterson at 7:00 pm.
Â