EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's soccer exploded for five first-half goals to cruise past Conference of New England (CNE) foe Nichols, 5-0, Wednesday night at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Nichols 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-3-5, 4-3-3 CNE) | Nichols (1-15-1, 0-9-0 CNE)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Daniela Petronio opened the scoring in the 12th minute, lofting a strike from outside the box that carried over the outstretched arms of Nichols keeper Hannah Deschene.
• Lily Goldmann doubled the advantage in the 26th minute when her shot from the left side of the box deflected off a Nichols defender and into the net.
• Makena Colombus extended the lead to three in the 39th, carrying the ball ten yards before slotting a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner.
• Less than two minutes later, Bria Baughman capitalized on a deflection in front of the goal and buried her shot to make it 4-0.
• With just 90 seconds left in the opening half, Goldmann capped the onslaught by tapping in a feed from Colombus across the face of goal.

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Jaiden Wilds made one save en route to her fourth shutout of the season.
• Hannah Deschene tallied five saves in the first half for Nichols.
• Isabella Dupret came on for the second stanza and stopped three Suffolk shots.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Goldmann led the way with two goals, while Baughman, Colombus, and Petronio each added one.
• Colombus provided the lone assist of the night.
• Goldmann and Petronio paced Suffolk with five shots apiece.
• Suffolk outshot Nichols 26-5, including a 13-2 advantage in shots on target.
• The Rams held a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk recorded its 12th shutout of the season.
• Suffolk ran its win streak to three versus Nichosl to move to 4-1-0 in the all-time series. 
• The Rams improved to 3-0-0 at home against Nichols and 3-1-0 overall in the Ellie McDougall era.
• The result marked Suffolk's second shutout in the all-time series, joining a 3-0 victory in 2021.
• Suffolk has now outscored Nichols 21-6 all-time. 
• Goldmann's brace brought her season total to eight goals.
• Petronio notched her sixth goal of the year.
• Baughman and Colombus each registered their first goals of the season, with Bruaghman's being her first collegiate tally.
• Wilds logged her fourth shutout of the season. 

WHAT'S NEXT
The Rams head into the CNE Playoffs as the No. 6 seed and will travel to third-seeded Johnson & Wales for a first-round matchup on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7:00 p.m.