MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME WOMEN’S SOCCER

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy, Mass.

FINAL:              EASTERN NAZARENE 5, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 1

QUINCY, Mass. --  Senior Kelly Couite (West Bridgewater, Mass.) notched a hat trick to lift Eastern Nazarene to a 5-1 non-league college women’s soccer victory over Massachusetts Maritime Wednesday evening at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Couite staked the host Lions (1-2) to a 1-0 advantage in the 33^rd minute on a feed from senior Alexis Schmidt (North Smithfield, R.I.), and she completed her natural hat trick by tallying twice in a 16 second span early in the second half to extend that margin to 3-0.  Markers by freshmen Stephanie MacFarland (Quincy, Mass.) and Diamond Best (Danvers, Mass.) in the 69^th and 88^th minutes, respectively, closed out Eastern Nazarene’s scoring, and junior Madison Taylor’s (Longmeadow, Mass.) goal with one second remaining in the match accounted for the visiting Buccaneers’ (0-2) lone score on the night.

Schmidt recorded three assists in the triumph for the Lions, who also received a helper from freshman Rachel Bourk (Barrington, R.I.).  Senior Kyera Bryant (Guilford, Conn.) picked up the win in goal for the hosts with a four save effort, while sophomore Sara Coffey (Norton, Mass.) made eight stops in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime as Eastern Nazarene outshot the Buccaneers by a 22-10 margin overall (13-5 on goal) while taking eight of 10 corner kicks in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts Dean in a non-league outing on Tuesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 7:00 p.m., while Eastern Nazarene heads into Boston Saturday morning for a non-league match with Wheelock that begins at 11:00 a.m.