Seawolves Women's Soccer Demolish Peahens
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By Antony Lin In the final match before the start of conference play, the Stony Brook Seawolves would end up crushing the St. Peters Peahens 5-0 in front of 200 supporters at LaValle Stadium. “It is always good to win,” said Seawolves head coach Sue Ryan. “I think a positive from this game was that every member that was eligible to play played in this game. It gave us an opportunity to see everyone play and show what they can do.” The game-winning goal would come for the home side just two minutes in. Brooke Barbuto found Tiffany Fasullo in the box. From point-blank range, Fasullo sent a low cross finding Marisa Shibley , who easily put the ball in the net. In the 5th minute, Fasullo would score one of her own courtesy of Barbuto. Barbuto played a through ball to Fasullo. From 11 yards out, Fasullo was able to slot the ball with hr left foot past Peahens goalkeeper Julian Fueshko to make it 2-0. Stony Brook would put the game out of reach in the 20th minute. Receiving a perfect cross from the left wing by Cait Frank , Kristin Mishrell headed the ball into the lower right corner. “We got up early and after our 3rd goal we lost our rhythm a little bit especially in 2nd half,” stated Mishrell. “Eventually we got it back and started playing possession again and that was a good result.” The Seawolves continued to attack heavily. Seeing limited action, Samantha Roos collected the ball from Brittany Benthin outside the box. Roos’ blistering shot from 30 yards out would sail right over the hands of Fueshko to extend the lead to 4-0. “I thought we came out hard,” said Fasullo , happily celebrating her birthday during post-game. “We let down a bit in 2nd half. But for the most part we played a good game.” St. Peters first threat of the game would come in the second half. In the 55th minute, Jenny Charnley attempted to chip the ball over Seawolves goalkeeper Marisa Viola from the right wing. Viola was able to get to the ball, tapping it off the left post and away from danger. The home side would add one more in the 85th minute. Trine Allenberg’s outswinging corner kick found an unmarked Barbuto. Barbuto easily headed the ball in from 2 yards out. “We played and set the pace of the game,” mentioned Cait Frank. “We are feeling good since we came off a tough weekend and we want to come out strong against BU.” Stony Brook improves to 5-3-1, while St. Peters drops to 1-6-0. The Seawolves open up conference play on the road against Boston Terriers on Saturday. “We scored some nice goals,” stated Ryan. “It gives us some confidence going into conference play.” |
