Wellesley Hands Women’s Soccer First Loss of 2021

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley scored two goals in less than a 10-mintue span spread out over either half to be the first foe to defeat Suffolk women's soccer this season. The Rams fell 2-0 to the Blue Wednesday afternoon at Wellesley College.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Wellesley 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1-0) | Wellesley (3-0-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Wellesley would be the first time to sneak a ball past Suffolk's Allison Rodrigues this season and it took almost 38 minutes to do so. The Blue took the ball down the right-hand side of the field, Willa McGough lifted a leading pass to Marleigh Ausbrooks. Ausbrooks fired and opposite side shot from the opposite circle that sailed into the netting to break open the scoreless action.  

Less than four minutes into the second stanza Wellesley padded its advantage to a pair. This time xxx scored for the Blue thanks Carolyn Prestowitz. Rodrigues booted a kick to clear the zone, a Ram received the pass, but a Wellesley player was there to pick up the pieces as well. Eliza Roy got advantage of the rock, dished ahead to Prestowitz and set-up the one-on-one with Rodrigues. From about 15 yards out, Prestowitz dribbled and shot left, just outside the reach of Rodrigues' gloves to make it a 2-0 game.  

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Rodrigues finished with a seven-save effort. 
• Kendall Lincoln registered four stops in the shutout performance. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Wellesley commanded shots overall, 18-4, and shots on net, 9-4. 
• Both teams had equal corner kick chances with five apiece. 
• Hayley Long had three of the blue-and-gold's four shots, all of which were on target.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Wellesley met for the first time. 
• The Blue was the first team to net a goal against the Rams this season. 
• Rodrigues notched 227 minutes of straight scoreless action to begin her senior campaign. 
• All of Suffolk's games this season have been decided in shutout fashion, whether in the Rams' favor or not. 

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to East Boston Saturday, Sept. 11 for a showdown with Lesley. Game time at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park is set for 1 p.m.