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Freshman Brooke Amato scores a pair of goals in Daemen's 4-0 win at D'Youville Sunday.
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Winner Daemen DAEW (1-2-0)
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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | By Joe Kraus, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Dolan Picks Up 100th Win As Wildcats Defeat D'Youville, 4-0

Longtime coach crosses milestone against new ECC opponent

BUFFALO, NY - Sunday afternoon, a rivalry was renewed and a couple of milestones were broken for Daemen women's soccer. Behind three first half goals, the Wildcats defeated East Coast Conference newcomer, D'Youville, 4-0, in a matinee at Dobson Field. 

Not only was this Daemen's first victory as a program since their regular season finale on Nov. 9, 2019 versus St. Thomas Aquinas (2-1 victory), a milestone was crossed on the sidelines. Now in his 12th season, head coach Dan Dolan recorded his 100th victory with the Wildcats. Already the longest-tenured coach and winningest coach in the history of the Daemen women's soccer program, Dolan now has a 100-92-11 overall record in 203 career games. 

With the victory today, Daemen women's soccer improves to 1-2 while D'Youville dropped to 0-2 overall. 
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Freshman Brooke Amato (Grand Island, N.Y.) got Daemen on the scoreboard first when she found the back of the net at the 7:14 mark to give Daemen a 1-0 lead. In the 19th minute, sophomore Nicole Grichen (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) scored her first of the season to give Daemen a 2-0 lead. In the 30th minute, fellow sophomore Faye Panagopoulos (Kenmore, N.Y.) gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead at the half. Amato later scored her second goal of the day at the 77th minute to give Daemen the 4-0 lead and ultimately the victory. 
  • Daemen outshot D'Youville, 18-1 in the contest and outedged the Saints in corner kicks, 12-2. 
  • Amato led Daemen with six shots on goal while Grichen tallied three shots. Sophomore Tatyjana Scalisi (Williamsville, N.Y.) was third on the team with two shots on goal.
  • Senior goalkeeper Maddie Flores (Seattle, Wash.) made her first start and second appearance of the season and denied D'Youville's lone shot on goal in the contest by Jordan Pachla at the 23rd minute. She was relieved by sophomore Megan White (West Seneca, N.Y.) for the last 18:18 of play. 

GAME NOTES
  • Sunday marked the third of six contests on the abbreviated spring schedule which runs through May 2. The Wildcats' 2020 season had been delayed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • With her two-goal effort, Amato became the first Wildcat player with a multi-goal effort since Jamie Boyar accomplished the feat against St. Thomas Aquinas on Nov. 9, 2019 and the first freshman to do so since Boyar's two-goal performance against the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown on Oct. 11, 2016.
  • Daemen now leads D'Youville 3-0 in the all-time series. This was their first showdown since the Wildcats' 8-0 victory on Sept. 27, 2007.
  • Daemen returns 17 players from their 2019 team, including six who started at least 10 games. The Wildcats finished with an 11-4-3 record in 2019, their most wins in a single season since 2012 (11-9).  

ON THE HORIZON
Daemen continues their season when they head to Erie, Pa. on April 16 where they'll face Mercyhurst with kickoff slated for 5:30 p.m.
 
 
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