Pirates Fall In Season Opener To La Salle, 1-0

Thursday, August 18

South Orange, N.J.

6 PM

Seton Hall University

0-1-0, 0-0-0

La Salle

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
La Salle	1	0	1
Seton Hall	0	0	0

Maille McDermott in action against La Salle

8/18/2022 8:39:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

South Orange, N.J. -- The Seton Hall women's soccer team shutout La Salle in the second half but a goal with 15 minutes to play in the first half put the Explorers ahead for good as they defeated the Pirates, 1-0, at Owen T. Carroll Field on Thursday evening.

How It Happened

Both sides were even early as both were playing their first games of the season. The first shot and shot on target came nearly five minutes into the contest and it was saved by senior Grace Gordon (Chester Springs, Pa.), making her 29th appearance between the pipes for the Pirates.

La Salle continued to control the pace in the latter half of the first when they found the back of the net at the 30:24 mark. Junior Maille McDermott (Nashua, N.H.) was perhaps the most active Pirate in the first as she produced a shot that went over top in the 38th minute and created a chance with a shot on goal with two minutes to play before the halftime whistle.

The Hall held its own in a physical second half where freshman Maddy DeCola (Mahopac, N.Y.) had a shot that was saved in the 55th minute and senior Naomi Welch (Livingston, Scotland) had her best chance of the night to score off of a free kick taken by junior Brina Micheels (Plattsburgh, N.Y.).

News & Notes

McDermott played a career-high 43 minutes and led the team with three shots, also a career best.
Thursday marked the first game as head coach for Josh Osit
Welch and sophomore Phoebe Hampson (Cheshire, England) both tallied two shots a piece.
Gordon, sophomore Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.), sophomore Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.), junior Alex Fuggle (London, England) adn sophomore Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany) played the full 90 minutes.
DeCola, Emma Sheehan (Argyle, Texas) and Sarah Mitchell (Perth, Australia) were three freshmen that came off the bench and played significant minutes.