BOSTON – The Suffolk women's soccer team extended its winning streak to four games with a 3-0 win over crosstown Conference of New England (CNE) rival, Wentworth Saturday afternoon at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Wentworth 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-1-2, 3-1-0 CNE) | Wentworth (5-2-5, 0-2-1 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Scarlett D'Amico opened the scoring 13:39 into the contest. She received a ball from a throw in, dribbled down the left wing and slotted her shot into the top right corner.
- The Rams doubled their advantage in the 32nd minute with a goal that nearly mirrored the first. Lily Goldmann carried the rock down the right wing and placed her shot into the opposite corner than D'Amico.
- Avery Porter added an insurance tally for the blue-and-gold with a header from a corner swung in by Tatum Flynn with just over seven minutes remaining in regulation for the 3-0 final.
KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS
- Arden Rose stopped two shots in the contest.
- Emily Gamboa Ordini and Shyla Kulesza split time between the posts and registered one save each. The former took the setback decision.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- D'Amico, Goldmann and Porter were responsible for Suffolk's scores with one goal apiece.
- Flynn had the lone handout of the contest.
- Suffolk outshot Wentworth, 19-7, and put six on frame compared to the Leopards two.
- The Rams held the advantage in corner opportunities, 5-1, with all attempts coming in the second half.
- Daniela Petronio paced the team with four shots.
- D'Amico and Porter put the most shots on frame.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk shutout its eighth opponent of the season. The clean sheet was the third in a row.
- The 3-1-0 conference mark is the best through the first four contests since joining the CNE.
- The Rams and Leopards met for the fifth time in the series history.
- Suffolk moves to 4-1-0 against the Leopards.
- The blue-and-gold remains unbeaten at home against Wentworth with a 3-0-0 ledger.
- Today's decision marks the third clean sheet in the all-time series, all of which Suffolk has won.
- Suffolk is now 3-1-0 versus Wentworth under head coach Ellie McDougall.
- D'Amico notched her first Suffolk goal.
- Porter pushed her career-best point streak to four games (3g, 1a).
- Porter's fourth goal of the season matches a season-best set during the 2023-24 campaign.
- Flynn stretched her point streak to four games with three assists and one goal over the period.
- Goldmann extended her point streak to a career-best three games and has three goals and one assist during that stretch.
- Rose improved to 5-1-1 and picked up her fifth clean sheet of the campaign.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk get an extended break before returning to action on Saturday, Oct. 11 with a road matchup against Roger Williams set for 3:00 p.m.