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The University of Maine women’s soccer team continued their streak of impressive wins with a 1-0 win over Iona College on Saturday improving their overall record to 7-1-0. The victory came against a weaker Iona team who Maine had trouble putting away for much of the game. In a mainly defensive game, Annie Hamel notched the game-winning goal to move her total on the season to five.
After a scoreless first half with an assortment of shots fired on net, the game remained scoreless. It was a first half that featured an overwhelming 13-4 advantage in shots for Maine, who was unable to capitalize on any of their chances. Much of the second half played out like the first did, in a heated deadlock. Senior Annie Hamel broke the stalemate, with 10 minutes left in the game off an unassisted shot from close range. The goal served as an exclamation point to Hamel’s week which saw the Maine player break the University of Maine women’s soccer record for most goals recorded over a career. With the goal, Hamel had tallied all the team’s goals during the past week. On the season Hamel has scored 15 points for the Black Blacks. Neither team found the back of the net during the remainder of the game, giving Maine its third straight victory.
Maine was able to out-shoot Iona by a commanding advantage of 17-7 and gave freshman Amy Holt her first victory in net. The Black Bears have out-shot opponents by a total of 157-54 on the season, nearly tripling their opponents’ shot total. It was Holt’s first game in goal for the Black Bears and she picked up her first collegiate shutout with the win. Ticiana Dicarlo stopped six shots in the net for the Gaels as her record dropped to 1-5-1 on the season.
With the win, Maine matched its win total from last year when the Black Bears finished with a record of 7-8-1. Maine is one victory away from tying the all-time university record for wins in a season, which was achieved in 1996, when the team finished 8-8-1. So far this season the team has had nine players garner points on the year.
Maine was expected to return to action Sunday, Sept. 28 in Poughkeepsie, New York for a battle against Marist College. But the game was postponed due to poor field conditions caused by recent weather. The game would have been Maine’s third consecutive away game which would mark the end of a road trip that had begun after a 5-0 rout of St. Bonaventure at home. The Black Bears finally return home to the friendly confines of Alumni Field on Sunday, Oct. 5 where they will play Boston University at noon. The game marks Maine’s return to America East play where they will try to improve their America East Record to 2-0. The Terriers are 5-3-1 on the season and carry a deep squad that matches up well with a very talented Maine team . Coming into the season BU was picked to finish second in America East, and Maine was ranked fifth.
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