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delappi wsoc vs mercyhurst
Tori DeLappi made five saves today for the Wildcats, bringing her season total to 24.
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Daemen DAC (1-3-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner St. Anselm STA (2-1-0, 0-1-0)
Daemen DAC
(1-3-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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St. Anselm STA
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Winner
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Team 1 2 F
Daemen DAC 0 1 1
St. Anselm STA 0 3 3

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Wildcats Take Loss In The Granite State

Stranahan's first goal of the year not enough to lift Wildcats past Hawks

MANCHESTER, N.H. - After a scoreless first half, Daemen surrendered a trio of goals and suffered a 3-1 setback to the St. Anselm Hawks in non-conference women's soccer action today at Melucci Field. 
 
The Wildcats, who were bidding for their second consecutive win, dropped to 1-3-0 on the season. All three of their losses have come on the road. Coach Dan Dolan's Wildcats were coming off a 1-0 victory over Mercyhurst in their home opener this past Saturday.

An affiliate of the Northeast-10 Conference, St. Anselm improved to 2-1-0 this season while out-shooting the Wildcats 21-5. The Hawks return 20 players from their 2020-21 team that was limited to just one contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • St. Anselm opened the scoring with a flurry, netting two goals in a span of 59 seconds near the outset of the second half. Regan Pratt's low shot in the 50th minute put the Hawks on the board, and Sydney Wnek made it 2-0 with her shot to the upper right corner of the net just moments later. Pratt and Anna Rigby picked up assists on the goal by Wnek.
  • Daemen managed to halve the St. Anselm lead in the 54th minute when senior midfielder Grace Stranahan (Grand Island, N.Y.) netted her first goal of the season. Stranahan took a feed from redshirt senior Katja Meyer (Verona, N.Y.) and struck a shot to the high right side of the goal, pulling the Wildcats within a goal.
  • But, St. Anselm put the game out of reach when Olivia Maier scored with a shot to the lower right part of the goal in the 77th minute. 
  • Junior goalkeeper Tori DeLappi (Medina, Ohio), the reigning East Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week, made her fourth consecutive start for the Wildcats and contributed five saves. 
  • Kate Macaluso got the start between the pipes for the Hawks and was credited with a single save while picking up the victory.

GAME NOTES
  • Today's contest marked the first between the women's soccer programs at Daemen and St. Anselm. The game was moved up an hour from its original 4 p.m. start time due to expected inclement weather in the forecast for the Manchester area. 
  • Stranahan's goal was the eighth of her career, and her first since November 2, 2019 vs. Lincoln (Pa.). Stranahan netted a career-high six goals and totaled 17 points during the 2019 season. 
  • Meyer's assist was the sixth of her career, and her first since September 25, 2019 vs. Davis & Elkins. 
  • Daemen returns 17 players who were on the roster for the unorthodox 2020-21 academic year, including 10 who were part of the Wildcats' NCAA tournament team in 2019 when they finished 11-4-3 – the best season in the program's NCAA era (2015 – present.)
  • This marked the fourth of a traditional 16-game schedule for the Wildcats which runs through November 6.

ON THE HORIZON
Daemen will travel less than 10 miles to open East Coast Conference play Saturday at crosstown rival D'Youville. It will be the teams' first-ever meeting as conference foes with first kick slated for 12 p.m. at D'Youville's Dobson Field. 

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