The Pride women’s soccer team kept the ball rolling on Friday, Sept. 20, picking up their fourth win in a row and taking down the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, 2-1. The Pride moves to 6-3-0 and Penn drops to 4-2-1, seeing their three-match winning streak come to an end.

All of the scoring for the Pride came in the first half as junior midfielder Lucy Porter put Hofstra on the board early in the ninth minute, chipping the ball into the goal off an assist from Miri Taylor. Porter leads the Pride in scoring, already collecting nine goals this season. 

The goal also marks the first one scored on Penn in three matches, with the Quakers shutting out their last three opponents.

Soon after, in the 22nd minute, Taylor extended the Pride’s lead to 2-0 thanks to a ball shot from the back line that made contact with Quaker goalkeeper Kitty Qu, but still went into the net.

Hofstra saw six more chances at a goal throughout the first 45 minutes, but went into halftime still up 2-0.

Going into the second half, Penn came back to score in the 57th minute off a penalty kick, cutting Hofstra’s lead to 2-1. However, the Quakers couldn’t find the back of the net again as both of their remaining shots on goal were defended by Pride goalkeeper Skylar Kuzmich.

Junior midfielder Bella Richards saw a final opportunity to score for the Pride but couldn’t follow through as Hofstra defeated the Quakers 2-1 after the full 90.

The 2-1 loss for the Quakers marks the first time since their season opener – six matches ago against No. 3 Stanford University – that they gave up more than one goal.

Hofstra had 16 shots throughout the match, led by Sabrina Bryan who had six shots, including three on goal. Porter, Taylor and Lucy Shepherd each tallied three shots of their own. For Penn, the team collected 13 shots in total and Emily Sands and Katharine Larson both led the way with four.

In goal, Qu collected six saves for the Quakers and Kuzmich had two for the Pride.

Hofstra will take the field next as they open up conference play facing Drexel University on Thursday, Sept. 26, at home. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.

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