ANDREW RICHARDSON
Special to The Leader
Only two games removed from the the 1-0 victory against D’Youville, the Fredonia women’s soccer team had a good amount of momentum going into the night of Sept. 12.
“We needed that first win to get our confidence up. It was awesome to win with a big crowd supporting us. It made the feeling so much better,” said senior defenseman Audrey Yokopovich.
“Sure, I’m excited to play Medaille, not because they have an inferior record, but because I feel like my team made progress this past weekend and I am excited to see if we continue that tomorrow,” said junior midfielder Abby Price on how she felt playing the 0-3 Medaille Mavericks.
As soon as this game started, the progress that Price talked about was evident.
Even before her first of two goals, junior forward Aleeya Clemons consistently beat back the opposition on defense.
Within the first 23 minutes the Blue Devils led the Mavericks 7-1 in total shots, with three on goal.
Then at minute 23, Clemons sprinted up the middle of the defense. She had beaten everybody but one player on her hip.
In came a perfectly placed pass from junior midfielder Karly Torppey.
Clemons was able to box out the much smaller defender with ease on her way to an untouched goal.
By the end of the second half the Blue devils were able to outshoot the Mavericks 16-1. No more goals were scored in the first half.
The second half started off with Coccitto scoring a goal just six minutes in.
Fredonia continued this theme of dominance for the remainder of the second half with relentless shots on goal.
Just 16 minutes after Coccitto scored, Torppey and Clemons scored one goal apiece to put Fredonia up 4-0.
Towards the end of the game, freshman forward Danielle Spring came off the bench and scored her first two goals of the season.
These goals happened within a quick three minute time span to put the final score at Blue Devils 6 Mavericks 0.
“I try to provide a lot of energy coming off the bench so I give my all when I’m out there but it definitely felt good scoring two goals,” said Spring when asked about her role on the team.
This offense, when it was all said and done, hummed to the tune of 35 shots compared to Medaille’s one.
Looking ahead at this team’s schedule, after their first multiple goal win as a team, they will be heading to Rochester to face RIT at 3 p.m. on Sept. 16. Staying in the Rochester area, they will play St. John Fisher at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19.