Williams Tallies Lone Goal in Semifinal Loss at Stony Brook

Thursday, November 7

Stony Brook, NY

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

10-8-0, 5-3-0

Stony Brook

13-5-1, 6-1-1

New Hampshire

Stony Brook

Kaylan Williams (left) and Ally Reynolds (right) (Photo by Jim Harrison)

11/7/2019 8:54:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

UNH’s season ends with 2-1 loss on Long Island.

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Senior Kaylan Williams (Marion, Ind.) tallied her sixth goal of the season in impressive fashion 30 seconds after an opposing goal, but the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team fell in the America East Semifinals to #1-seeded Stony Brook, 2-1.

After a scoreless first half, with both sides seeing several scoring chances, the Seawolves opened up the scoring 59 minutes into the game; Williams' goal came just seconds later. Stony Brook would tally the game-winner three minutes after the equalizer.

New Hampshire ends its season with a 10-8-0 record, after ending the conference season with a 5-3-0 record.

Stony Brook advances to host the final round of the America East tournament.

GAME INFORMATION:
Date: November 7, 2019 – 6 P.M.
Location: Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium – Stony Brook, N.Y.
Attendance: 191
Score: SBU 2 (13-5-1) UNH 1 (10-8-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

New Hampshire opened up with a scoring chance just over a minute into game time when Kaylan Williams dribbled the ball to the top of the 18 and fired a shot but it just missed the outside of the post and went wide.
Freshman Whitney Wiley (Vienna, Va.) had a shot of her own when Liz Lane (Porter, Maine) drove down the right sideline and dribbled into the box. She just managed a pass before she could be dispossessed and it found the foot of Wiley who redirected it lower left side but the shot was saved by Manner.
The New Hampshire defense held the Seawolves to just three shots on goal in the first half, blocking four shots and seeing aggressive play from sophomore Cat Sheppard (Nesconset, N.Y.) snatching shots and crosses out of midair before they could get on net, along with her three saves.
Stony Brook broke the stalemate in the 60^th minute, as Stony Brook's Erin O'Connor dribbled in the box and settled at the upper-left corner of the 18 and fired a shot lower right side to lead 1-0.
Just seconds later in the 61^st minute Williams caused a turnover inside the Stony Brook 18, dribbled past a defender, and hit a tough-angle shot to equalize at 1-1.
Stony Brook's O'Connor would tally the go-ahead goal in the 64^th minute on a similar play, shooting from the top-middle of the 18 and shooting it low to the center of the net.
Due to injury, Cam Droste (Lone Tree, Colo.) entered the game in the 74^th minute and finished out the game.
In the 80^th minute the Wildcats had a chance to equalize once again on a free kick into the box that was mis-handled by the goalkeeper, but no Wildcat could get near the ball to get a clean shot off and the Stony Brook defense cleared it away.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Corners were even at 7-7 total.
Stony Brook was whistled for eight fouls in the second half to UNH's two. Total fouls were 13-6 Stony Brook.
The Seawolves held most of the possession at 57%-43%.
Kaylan Williams scored on her only shot on goal.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

UNH is 2-4-0 all-time as a four-seed in the America East tournament.
New Hampshire ended the season 3-4-0 in road games.
The game was UNH's first loss of the season when scoring at least one goal.
This is the second season in the Steve Welham era where the Wildcats finished with an overall record over .500 and the fourth season with a conference record over .500.

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