Bronx, N.Y. – Hofstra's Jill Mulholland and Kristin Desmond each had a goal and an assist in the first half, leading the Pride to a 2-1 win over the Fordham Rams at Jack Coffey Field on Sunday, snapping the Rams' four-match win streak.
With the loss, Fordham moved to 5-2-1 on the year, while Hofstra improved to 6-2-1.
The scoring started in the 15
th minute, as Hofstra scored the opening goal of the game. Jill Mulholland hit a cross from the left side, which off two bounces, Kristin Desmond deflected into the net for her fourth goal of the season.
Fordham came back to tie the score at one on a set piece in the 32
nd minute.
Brianna Blunck took the corner kick for Fordham on the right side, hitting a low liner toward the front of goal.
Amanda Miller then used some fancy footwork to collect, turn, and fire in her first collegiate goal from three yards out.
Brianna Blunck
Hofstra got the lead back in the 37
th minute, as the same combination of Mulholland and Desmond struck for the Pride. This time, Desmond put a half volley lead pass for Mulholland, who stopped and fired from 20 yards out, just inside the right post for her team-leading seventh goal of the year.
The Rams had their chances in the second half to tie the game, as
Lane Cronin and
Nicol Natale had prime scoring chances in the 53
rd and 58
th minutes, respectively. However, Hofstra goalkeeper Friederike Mehring, who came in at halftime, made a diving save to the right post to stop Cronin, and then stopped Natale right on the doorstep at the left post.
Mehring kept Fordham off the scoresheet to close out the 2-1 win for the Pride, as she finished with three saves in relief of Ashley Wilson, while
Adaeze Obinelo had four saves for Fordham.
The Fordham women's soccer team will next be in action on Thursday, September 22
nd, when the Rams travel to Storrs, Connecticut for a game against UConn, beginning at 7 PM.
