BOSTON – Emmanuel women's soccer is back in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Semifinals following their 7-1 victory over the Norwich Cadets on Saturday afternoon in the GNAC Quarterfinal Round at Clemente Field.

The victory gives the Saints a seven-game winning streak as they improve to 16-2-1 this season. Norwich finishes their season at 10-6-4, ending the year with their best record in 13 seasons.

Emmanuel was out in front early, scoring twice in the opening five minutes for a 2-0 lead. Junior Liz McCormick scored on both occasions for the Saints, finishing a cross into a wide-open goal in the second minute before adding another tally in the fourth minute with a shot from long range.

Junior Sarah Dullaghan rounded out the scoring in the first half for the Saints, scoring in the 11^th minute after a Norwich turnover led to a breakaway chance for Dullaghan. The nation's leading scorer made no mistake on the breakaway, sliding a shot past the Cadets onrushing goalie to give Emmanuel a 3-0 lead.

The Cadets pulled within two just after the half with Bella Roy scoring her fourth of the season. Off a Norwich free kick, Roy ran onto a loose ball and drove toward the Saints net. From 20 yards out, Roy fired a perfect right-footed shot into the top-left corner, cutting the deficit to 3-1.

Emmanuel put the game out of reach in a seven-minute span as Dullaghan finished off her hat trick with tallies in the 61^st and 68^th minutes to put the Saints ahead 5-1. McCormick would find her third of the day in the 81^st minute while an own goal finished off the scoring in the Saints 7-1 victory.

Dullaghan's three-goal afternoon gives her 41 goals on the season as she becomes only the third player since 1982 in NCAA Division III women's soccer to score 40 goals in a single year, joining Katy Sturtz (43 goals) from Ohio Wesleyan in 1998 and Lindsey Benson (42 goals) from Gordon in 2002.

With the win, the Saints return to play on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7:00 p.m., as they welcome the Rivier Raiders to Clemente Field for a spot in the GNAC Championship Game. The regular season meeting favored the Raiders as they defeated the Saints, 2-1, in Nashua, N.H. in late-September.