No. 25 Seahawks Run by Stevenson
St. Mary's City, Md. - In a battle of conference unbeatens, No. 25 St. Mary's College of Maryland came out on top as senior forward Lauren Carrier (Crownsville, Md./Old Mill) notched all three goals in the Seahawks' 3-0 shutout of Stevens University Saturday afternoon in a key Capital Athletic Conference match-up.
St. Mary's (7-0-3, 4-0-1 CAC) came into today's contest atop of the league standings, while the Mustangs (8-5-2, 2-1-1 CAC) were in second. The loss now drops Stevenson to fifth in the standings.
Carrier collected her second career hat trick with her three-goal output today and now leads the Hawks with 13 goals and 29 points, while freshman midfielder Bridget McGovern (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional) assisted on Carrier's second goal of the day.
Carrier started the scoring at 23:08 as she corralled a misplaced Stevenson clear and dribbled it into the box before sliding it to the right of freshman Brittany Ross (Millersville, Md./Severna Park).
Two minutes later, Carrier took a diagonal pass from McGovern in the right side of the box and fired a shot in the far left corner. Ross attempted to deflect it with an outstretched hand as she dove to her right but was unable to cause a big enough deflection to save the goal.
The third and final goal happened at 63:36 in the second half as Carrier dribbled down the left side into the box and placed a shot at the middle of the far right post.
In her first match back after missing three games with a broken nose, senior Marie Oben made six stops in improving to 5-0-2 on the season and lowering her GAA from 0.81 to 0.70.
The Seahawk defense held Stevenson's leading goal scorer, freshman forward Stephanie Eyler (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin), to just one shot on goal all game.
Despite making 12 saves, Ross' conference-leading goals against average suffered as she went from 0.45 to 0.65 with three goals against this afternoon.
St. Mary's registered 13 shots in each half to boast a 26-15 advantage in shots, while the Seahawks owned a 5-2 margin in corner kicks.
The Seahawks return to action next Wednesday, October 15 when St. Mary's welcomes Virginia Wesleyan College to Seahawk Stadium for a non-conference tilt at 4:00.
