Smith College Athletics

NORTHAMPTON - An early goal proved to be the difference in Smith soccer's 1-0 loss to Salve Regina Saturday afternoon in NEWMAC action. The Bears fall to 0-12-3 on the year and 0-7-2 in conference games. The Seahawks are now 9-3-4 overall and 6-2-1 in the NEWMAC.

Game Highlights

• The visitors wasted no time getting their offense going when Carah Leclair scored in the second minute of the game
• The Bears put four attempts on goal, with Jordyn Riley (Attleboro, MA/Attleboto) accounting for two of them and Una Keller (Davis, CA/Davis) and Keala Barnes (Las Vegas, NV/Las Vegas Academy of the Arts) each adding one in the opening period
• Riley Cioffi-Smith (North Branford, CT/Cheshire Academy) made three saves for the Bears, while Salve Regina generated five corner kicks to the Smith's three.
• In the second half, SRU recorded seven shots and five on goal 
• The Bears put two of their three second-half shots on target and generated a late corner at 86:45, followed by Riley Branford's (Cleveland Heights, OH/Hawken School) saved attempt and Jordyn Riley's (Attleboro, MA/Attleboto) shot in the final minutes

By the Numbers

• Salve Regina held a 15-10 edge in shots and 5-4 edge in corner kicks
• Smith keeper Riley Cioffi-Smith (North Branford, CT/Cheshire Academy) made eight saves in the contest

Up Next
Smith will head on the road Wednesday for a 6:00pm match against WPI

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