The Misericordia University women's soccer team recorded a dominant 6-1 win over King's on Senior Appreciation Day, Wednesday at Mangelsdorf Field.
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Emma Sweitzer had two goals and two assists and seniors
Kaylee Sturans and
Zoee Farr added goals.
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Sabrina Competiello and
Julia Beck added goals and senior
Michaela Fasolino added two assists as the Cougars built a 6-0 lead.
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Misericordia out-shot the Monarchs, 43-5, including 27-0 in the first half while improving to 15-0-1 and extending their school-record unbeaten streak to 16 matches.
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After honoring Sturans, Farr, Fasolino, Madi Welliver,
Kate Field,
Colleen Kinsella,
Ally Waite and
Sarah Burns during a pre-game ceremony, the Cougars quickly went on the attack with two corners and three shots in the first two minutes of the match.
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Sweitzer played a ball from the left wing in front of the net where Sturans squeezed a shot past the keeper for a 1-0 lead at 5:34.
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After Sweitzer's shot from 25 yards out sailed high, the Cougars hit the frame on three consecutive shots in a two-minute span.
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Kinsella played a ball through to Sturans in the box where she juked the keeper, but her shot caromed off the outside of the left post.
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Waite's header from eight yards out of a corner hit off the right post and Fasolino followed with a shot form the top of the box that hit the crossbar.
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After being denied by a kick save in the 19
th minute, Sweitzer made it 2-0 when she took a pass from Fasolino at the left post and slotted a shot across the goal at 32:06.
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Farr made it 3-0 with a long-range shot that got under the bar at 38:53.
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Sweitzer scored in the final minute when took a long pass from
Kate Field, cut back to beat a defender and buried a shot inside the left post.
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Kate Field served a ball from the left flank that Beck got a head on for a 5-0 lead at 49:45.
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The Cougars closed out the scoring less than two minutes later when Fasolino found Sweitzer on the left edge of the box where she played a ball across the box to Competiello at the right post for a 6-0 lead at 51:56.
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Misericordia will conclude the regular season at Delaware Valley, Saturday.
Coach Stauffer's Comments: "I felt we did a quality job of holding possession tonight and getting forward at the correct times. We worked really hard tonight all over the field to earn our good looks at goal. Looking forward to training tomorrow and getting back out there Saturday in our last regular season conference match. It was great celebrating our seniors tonight for some truly impressive accomplishments, both on and off the field. I'm so proud to coach each of them! We can't thank them enough for their commitment and dedication to our soccer family"
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