Women's Soccer Earns 1-0 Win over Stony Brook to Claim First Round Home Match In The AE Tournament

Sunday, October 26

2 pm

University of New Hampshire

7-8-2, 4-2-2AE

Stony Brook University

5-10-2, 2-4-2AE

Team	1	2	Final F
Stony Brook	0	0	0
New Hampshire	1	0	1

10/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

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DURHAM, N.H. – Freshman Brooke Murphy (Monson, Mass.) tallied the lone goal of the game as the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team defeated Stony Brook University by a score of 1-0 Sunday afternoon on Senior Day at Bremner Field.

With the win, New Hampshire secures the No.3 seed of the America East Championship and will take on No.6 Binghamton University on Thursday, Oct. 30 (7 p.m.) in Durham on Bremner Field.

The Wildcats are currently on a three-game winning streak and improve to 7-8-2 overall and 4-2-2 in America East action. The Seawolves end their season with a mark of 5-10-2 overall and 2-4-2 in league play.

Sophomore goalkeeper Mimi Borkan (Medfield, Mass.) earned her ninth clean sheet of the season while making five saves in 90 minutes between the pipes for UNH. Stony Brook's netminder Ashley Castanio posted six saves in the game.

At 20:22, Murphy notched her eighth goal of the season to give New Hampshire a 1-0 lead. Senior Caroline Murray (New Cannan, Conn.) provided a diagonal pass to Murphy who took one touch as her blast went into the back right side of the net.

Stony Brook outshot UNH for the match, 11-10. The Seawolves earned all six corner kicks.

Murray led the offensive with five shots and one assist (fourth of the season). Murphy and senior co-captain Meghan Ledwith (Yardley, Pa.) both tallied two shots in the game.

Both teams had many chances to get on the board as the Wildcats struck first. The Seawovles had an opportunity of their own at 33:06 when Shannon Grogran blasted a shot inside the box but Borkan made an incredible diving stop, her third of the period to secure the lead.

At the half, New Hampshire held onto a 1-0 lead giving up eight shots as the 'Cats had five.

The second half of play saw a lot of great action on both ends of the field for the Wildcats and Seawolves. Eight shots were in taken the frame as UNH claimed five.

The Seawolves' Raven Edwards came within inches of tying the match in the 83^rd minute but her shot hit the post. Seven minutes later, UNH celebrated their seventh win of the season.

The 'Cats are ready to make a run in the America East Tournament that starts Thursday evening (Oct. 30). The last time the team made an appearance in postseason play was in 2012 when they hosted in the first round but came up short falling to Stony Brook 2-1 (Oct. 25).

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