Boston College Athletics
Boston College
1-0-1
Fairfield
0-1-0
Women's Soccer Earns 1-0 Victory Over Fairfield
August 21, 2011 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 21, 2011
Newton, MA - The Boston College women's soccer team won its first game of the season with a 1-0 win over non-conference foe Fairfield on Sunday afternoon in front of 347 fans at the Newton Soccer Field.
The Eagles are now 1-0-1 on the season, while Fairfield is now 0-1-0.
Boston College junior Alicia Blose made her first shot count against Fairfield. A native of Mill Valley, California, Blose entered the game in the 25th minute to play in the midfield. Minutes later, freshman Rachel Davitt and Blose put together a nice give-and-go. Davitt dropped the ball back for Blose, who one-timed her shot from just inside the box to give BC a 1-0 lead in the 29th minute of the game.
It would be Blose's first career goal and Davitt recorded her first collegiate point with the assist.
Boston College had two great chances in the second half. Davitt sent a cross to the near post and Victoria DiMartino's flick hit the near post in the 70th minute. One of the prettiest runs of the day came from senior defender Alaina Beyar. The New York native made a run to the corner. Kristie Mewis found her and Beyar sent a low cross into the box, which Julia Bouchelle flicked towards the goal but Fairfield's goalkeeper Kelly Boudreau made the save.
BC held the edge in shots, 16-4. The Eagles also had six corner kicks to zero for Fairfield. The Eagles goalkeeper Jillian Mastroianni picked up her first shutout of the season with two saves. Boudreau had five saves.
Game Notes:
BC is now 1-0-1 this season...The Eagles will host Rutgers on Friday, August 26 at 7 p.m. at the Newton Soccer Field ... Freshman Casey Morrison earned her second straight start on defense ... Junior Kristie Mewis led BC with four shots, while Alicia Blose had three shots, two on goal ... The shutout for Jillian Mastroianni is her 34th of her career. She needs two more to become the all-time leader in the BC women's soccer program ... The win today places Mastroianni at the top of the leader board for all-time wins in the history of the program with 50 victories ... Sophomores Zoe Lombard, Kate McCarthy, senior Alaina Beyar, freshman Casey Morrison and senior Alyssa Pember played all 90 minutes in the sweltering heat ... Alaina Beyar's younger sister Carly started in the back for Fairfield ... In the month of September, Boston College will be home for five of seven games, including the first ACC match vs. Virginia on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. ... Admission is free for all women's regular season games ... You can follow the Eagles game action and other sports scores on Twitter at BCSportsNews.
Team Stats
Alicia Blose (1)
Assisted By: Rachel Davitt
bender into the right side from just in
29:06
