THE BASICS

Score:
Elms College, 1; Emmanuel College, 2
Records:
Elms College Blazers (2-3-1, 2-2 GNAC)
Emmanuel College Saints (2-3-2, 1-1 GNAC)
Locations:
Boston, Mass. – Roberto Clemente Field
Date:
Saturday, September 18, 2021

THE LEAD: Sophomore forward Addie LeGault (Farmington, Conn.) scored two second half goals within a span of four minutes to lift Emmanuel College past Elms College, 2-1, Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference women's soccer action at Roberto Clemente  

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Saints outshot the Blazers by a 9-4 margin in the opening stanza but sophomore Angela Picheo (Wood Ridge, N.J.) and sophomore Lexi Della Rocco (Chester, Conn.) kept the game scoreless heading into the halftime intermission.
• LeGault broke the 0-0 tie with her third goal of the season at the 61:39 marker to put the hosts on top, 1-0. Junior forward Megan McMillen (North Branford, Conn.) served up a corner kick that senior Hannah Sullivan (Vernon, Conn.) headed towards the back post. LeGault cleaned it up to put Emmanuel on top for good, heading home the score.
• Less than five minutes later, LeGault made it a 2-0 game, bending home a 24yard strike from outside the top left corner of the penalty area for her fourth goal of the campaign.
• The Blazers cut the deficit in half with 4:09 remaining in regulation as Morgan Foucault (Putnam, Conn.) fed Elaina Vilar (Watertown, Conn.) for her third score of the year, making it a 2-1 contest.
• Emmanuel was able to keep Elms at bay over the final minutes of action to hold on for the 2-1 GNAC victory for their first conference win of the year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Saints finished the afternoon with a 14-11 edge in shots and owned a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks.
• Della Rocco notches her second win of the year in net making three saves while Picheo suffers the loss making five stops.
• The two-goal game marks the second brace of the season for LeGault who also netted a pair of goals in Emmanuel's 6-1 victory over MCLA on September 4.

UP NEXT

• Emmanuel returns to action on Wednesday, September 22 against undefeated Saint Joseph (CT) (4-0-1) in Boston with a 7:00 PM kick off.
• Elms has a quick turnaround, hosting Johnson & Wales University on Monday, September 20 at 7:00 PM.