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Kylie Miranto has now totaled 16 goals and 36 points
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Winner Daemen DAE (8-3-3, 6-0-1)
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D'Youville DYU (4-7-3, 3-3-1)
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Daemen DAE
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D'Youville DYU
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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Wildcats Run Unbeaten Streak To 11 Games Following 3-0 Win Over Saints

Daemen Secures A First Round Bye In The Upcoming ECC Tournament

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's soccer team secured a first-round bye in the upcoming East Coast Conference Tournament after posting a 3-0 win over D'Youville University tonight at Dobson Field. The win moves the Wildcats to 8-3-3 overall and 6-0-1 in the ECC. Daemen can secured their first-ever regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the ECC Tournament with a win in its regular season finale Saturday at Mercy University.

D'Youville, which has already clinched their first-ever appearance in the six-team ECC Tournament, dropped to 4-7-3 overall and 3-3-1 in the ECC.

Sophomore Kylie Miranto (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) was at it again tonight, as she recorded a three-goal hat trick for the second-straight game and the third time this season.

Daemen entered the game ranked ninth in the East region by the United Soccer Coaches.  The Wildcats are unbeaten over their last 11 games (8-0-3), which ranks as the longest unbeaten streak in program history.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Wildcats opened the scoring just 4:40 into the contest after Miranto scored off a feed from junior defender Baylin Tighe (Tonawanda, N.Y.). It marked the second straight game that Miranto and Tighe teamed up for a goal.
  • Daemen maintained the 1-0 lead and eventually took control of the game with two goals in the final 17 minutes of the first half.
  • Miranto took a nice feed from freshman Magda Carpenter (Lebanon, Conn.) from the right corner and blasted a shot home from 20 yards out at 27:26 to put Daemen up 2-0.
  • Miranto completed the hat trick in the 39th minute. She slipped just outside the DU box, but quickly recovered and then turned and fired a shot in from 25 yards out. Freshman Brianne Repolio (Haddon Heights, N.J.) picked up an assist on the goal.
  • Both teams totaled seven shots in the second half, but neither team found the back of the net.
  • The Wildcats finished with a 14-12 edge in total shots and an 8-6 advantage in shots on goal. 
  • Sophomore Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) went the distance in net for the Wildcats and made six saves en route to her fifth shutout of the season. Freshman Kallie Liljenquist made four saves for the Saints.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's contest marked the seventh all-time meeting between the two schools. Daemen has prevailed in all seven meetings by a combined score of 38-1.
  • Miranto has recorded at least one point in 10 of Daemen's 14 games and has totaled a league-high 16 goals and 36 points. She has scored 16 goals on just 24 shots on goal this year.
  • Her 16 goals rank as the fourth most in a season by a Daemen player in program history. Jamie Boyer netted a school record 20 in 2018. Her 36 points rank as the sixth most in a season by a Daemen player in program history.
  • Miranto entered the game ranked fifth among all Division II players in goals per game and sixth in points per game.
  • Carpenter picked up her third assist and 13th point of the season.
  • Schultz has allowed just six goals over the last 11 games and leads the ECC in save percentage (.875).
UP NEXT
The Wildcats close out the regular season with an ECC match at Mercy Saturday.
 

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