NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College women's soccer team dominated the regular season finale, cruising to a 2-0 win over visiting Wesleyan on Wednesday night from Silfen Field.
Conn scored twice in the opening 22:33 to run away with the early lead. The Camels opened the scoring at 14:44 as Piper Rothman (Westport, Conn.) took a goal kick that bounced over everyone and onto the foot of Danica Zicha (Belmont, Mass.) who fired low to the nearside to make it 1-0.
Eight minutes later, Conn doubled the advantage. Una McCorry (Bronxville, N.Y.) played a pass to Mae Mastrullo (Hudson, Mass.) who made a move around a defender before slotting the ball home to make it 2-0.
The Camels continued their strong play to open the second half, and nearly pushed the advantage to three, 10 minutes in. Zicha was through on goal, but her shot was denied by Sophie Thibault to keep the score 2-0.
Wesleyan tried to put some pressure on Conn, and finally generated their first shot on goal with just under 20 minutes remaining, but Maia Kafer (Philadelphia, Pa.) came up with the save. Conn closed out the final minutes to claim the 2-0 win.
Wesleyan outshot Conn 12-5 overall, while the Camels held a 3-2 edge on shots on goal, while the Cardinals had a 4-3 advantage on corner kicks.
Kafer picked up the clean sheet between the sticks, finishing with one save. Mastrullo and Zicha both tallied one goal, while McCorry and Rothman both chipped in an assist.
Marley Hansard got the start in goal, playing the first half, before Thibault closed out the contest making one save.
Conn (8-6-1, 4-5-1 NESCAC) enters the NESCAC tournament on Saturday as the Camels travel to Clinton, N.Y. to take on Hamilton at 12:00 p.m. in the quarterfinals.
