THE BASICS 

Score: Emmanuel College, 2; Regis College, 1

Records: Emmanuel Saints (8-6-1, 6-1-1 GNAC); Regis Pride (3-8-1, 2-7-1 GNAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. – Clemente Field

Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017

THE LEAD: Sophomore midfielder Abba McKenelley (Middleton, Mass.) and junior forward Kayla Generis (Wethersfield, Conn.) each score and assisted on the others goal to push Emmanuel College past Regis College, 2-1, Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Soccer action at Roberto Clemente Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Generis opened the afternoon's scoring with her sixth goal of the season to give Emmanuel a 1-0 lead in the 37^th minute of play. Following an indirect free kick by sophomore Natalie Dash (East Hampton, Conn.), McKenelley redirected the play to Generis who volleyed home the game's first goal.
• Generis returned the favor in the second half, feeding McKenelley with a cross into the box during the 60^th minute of action and the sophomore did the rest, burying her team-leading seventh goal of the year in the upper right hand corner of the net to make it 2-0.
• Regis continued to play the hosts tough and with less than nine minutes remaining in regulation made it a one-goal game when senior forward Tais Salles (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) scored her second goal of the campaign with the assist going to Emma Mendes (Pawtucket, R.I.) to make it 2-1.
• Emmanuel was able to limit the Pride's chances down the stretch and preserve the 2-1 result.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• The Saints owned a 21-4 advantage in shots including a 13-1 cushion in the opening half
• Emmanuel also controlled the corner kick output with a 5-2 edge over the Pride.
• Sophomore keeper Alexis Gawron (South Hadley, Mass.) earned the win for the Saints making one save over the 89 minutes to improve to 4-4 on the year between the pipes.
• Regis freshman Kyrsten Drake (Loganville, Ga.) suffered the loss making nine saves for the visitors.
• Prior to the start of the match the Saints honored its three seniors, recognizing Victoria LaRoche (Hudson, N.H.), Emily Schwartz (Barrington, R.I.) and Emily David (Valley Stream, N.Y.).

UP NEXT

• The Saints return to action on Wednesday, October 18 when they host Suffolk University in a 7:00 PM GNAC contest.
• Regis plays host to Rivier University in more GNAC action on Tuesday, October 17 with a 7:30 PM scheduled kick-off.