Need to Know
Score: Smith 0, No. 10 Amherst 5
Records: Pioneers: 2-1-1, Mammoths 3-0
Location: Amherst, Mass.
AMHERST, Mass.- The Smith College soccer team suffered a 5-0 loss to 10-ranked Amherst College Sunday afternoon in non-conference action.
SCORING SUMMARY
- 35:38 - Ruby Hastie cut across the top of the box and ripping a low shot into the opposite corner.
- 37:36 - Alexa Juarez teamed up with Sophia Fikke on a perfectly placed corner kick to send a header from the middle of the box into the nylon
- 49:48 - Patience Kum dribbled through a host of Smith defenders and sent a left-footed drive into the top left corner
- 51:46 - Kum struck again on one-touch passes from Liza Katz and Natalie Landau
- 59:01 - Sierra Rosado redirected a cross from Katz over the goal line
GAME NOTES
- Natalie Dionne (Brooklyn, Conn./Norwich Free Academy)Â nearly capitalized on a Smith free kick from 30 yards out in the 58th minute, but her shot rang off the crossbar
- Senior goalkeeper Naomi Falkenberg (Sutton, Mass./Sutton)Â registered five saves in the losing effort
- The Mammoths owned a 12-7 advantage in shots and 4-3 edge in corners
- Amherst moves to 16-12-3 all-time against Smith
UP NEXT
The Pioneers return to action next Saturday, September 18 when they host WPI in a conference tilt at 1:00 p.m.Â
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