POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - Sophomore midfielder
Chance Hendricks provided the lone goal in the 23rd minute, while senior goalkeeper
Natalie Kelchner and the Red Fox defense recorded a shutout as the Marist women's soccer team secured a 1-0 win against Canisius on Wednesday afternoon at Tenney Stadium.
The Red Foxes move to 2-0-1 in MAAC play and 3-2-2 overall. Canisius moves to 0-3-0 in conference play and 0-8-2 overall.
After a scoreless first twenty minutes, freshman midfielder
Autumn Smith served a corner kick into the box, which met Hendricks for her first collegiate goal. That goal proved to be the difference as Canisius was unable to get anything past the Marist defense.
Kelchner finished the game with four saves. Junior forward
Brooke Cergol paced the Red Foxes with three shots.
Canisius goalkeeper Jessica Jones tallied four saves on the day, and forward Tiana Fonoti led the Golden Griffins with three shots.
- In the sixth minute, a Canisius chance was knocked away by graduate defender Deanna Lomino.
- Through the first ten minutes of the match, neither team attempted a shot on goal.
- In the 11th minute, Kelchner corralled a hard shot from Emily Dorr near the right corner of the box.
- In the 14th minute, a free kick from Canisius was punched away by Kelchner.
- One minute later, Amanda Calderelli had a chance but her shot was blocked by Canisius' Emily Dorr.
- Kelchner snagged a deep cross into the penalty area by Canisius in the 22nd minute.
- On Smith's corner kick in the 23rd minute, a Golden Griffin whiffed on a clear attempt. Hendricks met the ball and fired a shot that deflected off another Canisius defender and past Jones.
- In the 32nd minute, a header from Cergol went just wide of the goal after a cross from freshman midfielder Christina Layden.
- Marist went into the locker room with the 1-0 lead.
- In the 50th minute, sophmore forward Grace DiVincenzo's shot was knocked away on a leaping save by Jessica Jones.
- Through 60 minutes, Marist maintained the one-goal edge.
- In the 64th minute, a cross by senior forward Victoria Colatosti gave Marist a chance in the box but Jones took it away.
- Canisius had a look in the 66th minute, but Jen Romero's shot was blocked by redshirt senior defender Britt Van Lenten.
- Cergol had an open look in the 70th minute but fired it straight into Jones, who made the save.
- Canisius had a free kick from just outside the box in the 78th minute, but Kelchner punched it away to keep the one goal lead.
- With eight minutes to play, junior captain Samantha Sturno's long cross was volleyed by Brooke Cergol, but saved by Jessica Jones.
- Marist and Canisius each had nine shots, but Marist held the edge in shots on goal (5-4).
- The two teams also had identical saves (4) and fouls (11). There were no cards in the match.
- Corner kicks favored the Red Foxes 5-3.
- Possession favored Marist at 54 percent. The Red Foxes spent 63 percent of their possession in the attacking half.
- Six Red Foxes played the full 90 minutes: Lomino, Sturno, Van Lenten, Kelchner, senior defender Riley Abate, and sophomore midfielder Amanda Caldarelli.
- Hendricks scored her first-career goal in her eighth-career match.
- Smith tallied her first-career point, coming in her seventh game as a Red Fox.
- Kelchner notches her first shutout of 2021, and Marist's first since October 23rd, 2019.
- Marist caps the three-game homestand at an unbeaten 2-0-1.
- The Red Foxes did not lose in the month of September, going 3-0-2. Their last loss came on August 26th.
- The Red Foxes head to Connecticut to take on Quinnipiac on Saturday, October 2nd at Noon.
