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Kylie Miranto fights for the ball vs AIC
Bob Blanchard
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Winner Daemen DAEMEN (3-4-0, 2-0-0)
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St. Thomas Aquinas ST. THOM (0-5-2, 0-1-0)
Winner
Daemen DAEMEN
(3-4-0, 2-0-0)
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Final
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St. Thomas Aquinas ST. THOM
(0-5-2, 0-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Daemen DAEMEN 1 2 3
St. Thomas Aquinas ST. THOM 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | CONTACT: Max Sacco, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | msacco@daemen.edu

Women's Soccer Earns Third Consecutive Win with 3-0 Decision Over St. Thomas Aquinas

SPARKILL, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's soccer team earned their first clean sheet victory of the season and third win in a row with a 3-0 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas College Saturday afternoon at Spartan Field.
 
With the win, the Wildcats improved the 3-4 on the year and 2-0 in East Coast Conference play while the Spartans remained winless at 0-5-2 and 0-1 in league play.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• Junior Kylie Miranto (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) opened the scoring for Daemen in the 23rd minute as she sent a shot past the Spartans' Catalena Robinson.
• St. Thomas Aquinas peppered the Wildcats with shots for the remainder of the half, but junior goalkeeper Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) stopped all four shots she faced to keep Daemen's 1-0 lead intact.
• Out of the halftime break, Miranto received a pass from freshman Chloé Cardone (Hilton, N.Y.) and once again found the back of the net to score her second of the contest and double Daemen's advantage.
• Cardone closed out the scoring for the contest with 31 seconds left as she collected a pass from Miranto and sent the ball into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal.
• The Daemen defense limited the St. Thomas Aquinas attack to just three shots on target in the second half, all three of which were saved.
• As a team, St. Thomas Aquinas outshot Daemen, 24-11. However, the two sides were nearly even in shots on goal with the Spartans holding a slim 8-7 edge.
• Schultz earned her third win of the year with an eight save performance while Robinson made four saves in the loss. Both goalies played the full 90 minutes.
 
GAME NOTES
• Daemen now leads the all-time series, 9-2-1, and has won the last five meetings.
• Entering the game, Schultz was ranked fourth in the nation for total saves with 48 and ninth nationally for saves per game with an average of 8.00.
• Miranto has now scored two-or-more goals for three straight games, the longest such streak of her career.
• The Wildcats earned their first clean sheet victory since Nov. 5, 2023, when they defeated Mercy, 2-0, in the semifinal of the ECC Women's Soccer Championship.
• Along with Schultz, Alyssa Diaz (Rochester, N.Y.), Nevada Hahn (Lancaster, N.Y.), Magda Carpenter (Lebanon, Conn.) and Madita Zeitz (Malsch, Germany) played the full 90 minutes.
• Across their last three games, Daemen has outscored opponents, 13-4, highlighted by an 8-2 edge in first half goals.
 
UP NEXT
The Wildcats return home to face local rival Roberts Wesleyan on Oct. 2 with kick-off set for 1 p.m. This game will count towards the ECC standings unlike their previous meeting on Sept. 24.
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