POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist women's soccer team won 1-0 against Fairfield on Wednesday evening. This win clinched the #2 seed and a first-round bye in the MAAC tournament                                               

RECAP

• Both teams played excellent defense in the first half. Abby Murphy had the lone shot on goal for Marist, and Fairfield had just one as well.
• The Red Foxes scored the only goal of the game at 57:50. Freshman Kaylin Sperley dribbled the ball up the right side of the field and put a beautiful cross in front of freshman Victoria Colatosti. Colatosti weaved around the Fairfield goalie, who dove in attempt to grab the ball, and fired into the wide open net.
• Marist's defense was strong the whole way through, limiting the stags to very few quality looks at the goal.             

KEY STATS

• Fairfield had 21 shots to Marist's 11.
• Marist had six shots on goal to Fairfield's three.
• Victoria Colatosti had a game-high three shots on goal.
• Marist goalie Abby Renaud had three saves.
• With the win, the Red Foxes finish with 7-2-1 and earn their best MAAC record since 2012.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I'm really proud of the girls for being able to get a result out of tonight's game" lauded Coach Leigh Howard. "It was an important game for us in terms of our seeding heading into the playoffs. To come out and get a shutout and put the ball in the net was a really great thing. Credit goes to Fairfield, especially in the first half of play. They did a great job moving the ball around and we went into the half having to make a lot of adjustments. I think the defense did a really good job both at confronting the ball and having cover behind, and then in second half our organization behind the ball was really second to none. This group continues to show the resilience they have. Not only with a few injured players, but with some of the initial moments of the game that didn't go our way. They continued to keep pushing and keep find chances to score and that all came into fruition in the second half."
 

UP NEXT

With this win, the Red Foxes clinched the #2 seed and a first-round bye in the MAAC tournament. The Red Foxes will have a week off before hosting the highest seeded winner of the first round on November 1.