For the third time this season, the Hofstra women’s soccer team came away neither the winner nor the loser, as the Pride’s match against the University of Delaware on Sunday, Oct 9, ended in a scoreless draw that featured a combined 12 shots on goal between both sides throughout 90 minutes of play.
The match was the final of a four-game road trip for Hofstra in which they failed to pick up a win. It was also Hofstra’s second scoreless draw this season, with the other coming against Yale University on Aug. 26.
Against Delaware, Hofstra senior goalkeeper Skylar Kuzmich recorded four saves, one shy of her season high, to keep the Blue Hens off the scoreboard for their second straight game. On the other side, Delaware’s Odaliana Gomez stopped eight shots from the Pride. It was the third time the freshman has held the opposing team scoreless this season.
The Pride had several players play the entirety of the match, as Louise Hayden, Krista Agostinello, Dagny Run Pettursdottir, Anja Suttner, Cailey Welch and Olivia Pearse all logged 90 minutes of action. Pearse, along with Ellen Halseth, led the team with four shots in the contest. Halseth, Hofstra’s leader in goals scored this season (six), clocked in with 69 minutes of action.
Katie Hackley led Delaware with shots in the match, raising her season total to 25. Sara D’Appolonia and Raychel Speicher were the only other Blue Hen players to record a shot in the match as Hofstra’s defense held its opponent without a goal for the sixth time this year.
The Pride are now on a five-game winless streak, having gone 0-3-2 in that span, with all five of those matches coming against Colonial Athletic Association opponents. Hofstra, the reigning CAA champions, now sit in tenth place in the conference and only have three games remaining before the end of the regular season. Fortunately for Hofstra, all three of those games take place at home where they’re 4-3 so far this season.
Hofstra’s next match comes against the 7-5-2 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks at Hofstra Soccer Stadium, on Thursday, Oct 13, at 7 p.m. UNCW is currently riding a three-game unbeaten streak and is occupying fourth place in the conference standings. The Pride and Seahawks have gone to double overtime in each of their last two matchups against one another.
Last year, Hofstra won 2-1 with Miri Taylor scoring the winning goal, furthering what was a nine-game winning streak for Hofstra at the time. Hofstra has not lost to UNCW since 2018.
Photo courtesy of Delaware Athletics
