NYU Blanks William Paterson; Violets Tally Five Goals in Home Victory
One week removed from its last contest, the New York University women's soccer team returned to the field with a dominant 5-0 win over William Paterson University on Wednesday at Lubetkin Field in Newark.
In the victory, the Violets set their program's single-game shots record with 56, surpassing the previous high of 47.
With under eight minutes remaining in the first half, a cross into the box by Leah Berg found Marlee Scanlon, who then made a quick pass to Julia Spang. Spang promptly buried her shot for the match's first goal.
Five minutes into the second half, passes from both Sydney Freese and Carmen Cicerini led to a goal by Sari Frankl.
In the 62nd minute, Annabelle Booker crossed a ball across the face of the net, which Yukino Wakatsuki put a foot on and scored.
Scanlon went on to score each of the team's final two goals, including an unassisted one from almost 20 yards out in the 70th minute.
"I thought we played well for the entirety of the game," said Head Coach Scott Waddell. "In the first half, we didn't score quite as many goals, but we created chances and we were pushing the ball. It was good to get more goals in the second half."
NYU faced just two shots on the night, neither of which were on goal. Mia Capo and Maddy Tohanczyn split time in net to combine for the shutout.
"It was good to get five goals and always good to get on the score sheet," added Waddell. "Five isn't a bad number."