CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Boston University and Stony Brook University, the top two teams in the America East women's soccer standings, have earned weekly honors. The Terriers' Tiya Gallegos (Lakewood, Calif./Mayfair) took home Player of the Week accolades, while the Seawolves' Chelsea Morales (Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley) garnered Rookie of the Week recognition. The awards for the week ending Oct. 10 were announced Monday afternoon.
Gallegos had a monster week, tallying seven points in two Terrier wins. A junior forward, Gallegos registered the game-winning score off a header in a 3-0 win over Hartford on Thursday. She followed that performance with a two-goal, one-assist showing in a 7-0 victory over Vermont Sunday. The win was Boston U.’s seventh-straight, all coming via shutout, and it has outscored America East opponents 17-0 in five league games. Gallegos has already surpassed her season-high with five goals, which ranks her fifth among league leaders, as does her 12 points.
Morales (Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley) recorded a pair of shutouts last week to vault Stony Brook into second place in the league standings. The freshman goalkeeper made six saves in a 3-0 victory over Vermont on Thursday and stopped five shots in a 2-0 win over UMBC Sunday. Morales, whose three clean sheets are tied for fifth among league leaders, has led her team to a 4-1-1 record in its last six games and has a 1.02 goals-against average and .850 save percentage over that span.
Through the midway point of the conference slate, Boston U. sits alone in first place with a perfect 5-0-0 record and 15 points. The Terriers have shut out seven straight America East opponents in regular-season play and can tie the league record of eight set by Hartford from 1991-93 with its next clean sheet.
Team Notes
Albany (6-6-2, 1-1-2 America East) rallied from behind to earn its first America East Conference victory by a 2-1 decision over New Hampshire on Thursday, Oct. 7 before battling Binghamton to a 0-0 double-overtime tie on Sunday, Oct. 10 … UAlbany has outshot its last eight opponents, but the offense has managed just five goals during the stretch … Sophomore Breanna Maggio (Ontario, N.Y./Wayne Central), who broke the Division I program record for career shutouts earlier this season, eclipsed the Division I standard for victories in the team’s win over New Hampshire … She now has eight victories and seven shutouts in her career … Maggio is also tied for second in the league with four shutouts this year … Classmate Shayla Bergeron (Hudson, N.H./Alvirne/Duquesne) was a key figure in UAlbany’s come-from-behind victory over the Wildcats … The New Hampshire native, who came off the bench in the 23rd minute, scored the equalizing goal in the 30th minute before netting the game-winning tally in the 88th minute … The forward continues to lead the team in scoring … She has seven of the team’s 14 goals, including three game winners, and 14 points … Since the 2009 season, UAlbany is 3-0-3 in conference road matches and 1-5-0 against America East competition at Varsity Field … The Great Danes have not lost a league match away from Varsity Field since dropping a 1-0 overtime decision to Binghamton on Oct. 19, 2008 … UAlbany visits Maine on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. before hosting UMBC on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.
Binghamton (3-9-1, 1-2-1 America East) played to a scoreless draw against Albany in its only game of the week. The Bearcats have just one win in their last eight games as the team hits the halfway point of the conference schedule ... Freshman keeper Carrie Martin (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) recorded the 110-minute shutout - her fourth of the season. Martin lowered her goals against average to 1.29 ... Binghamton mounted a solid attack with 12 shots against the Great Danes but the team was kept off the scoreboard for the third straight game and sixth time in the last eight games ... Freshmam midfielder Kaitlyn Cook (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) was selected as the team’s America East Player of the Game after producing four shots and numerous strong dribbling runs through the Albany defense ... The Bearcats, who have advanced to the America East tournament six straight seasons, play at UMBC on Thursday before hosting Boston on Sunday in a showdown of last year’s tournament finalists. Binghamton is 6-0-2 all-time against UMBC and 1-8 all-time against Boston U., including a 4-0 loss in last year’s America East Championship game.
Boston University (10-5-0, 4-0-0 America East) remained undefeated in league play last week as it outscored its opponents 10-0 with a 3-0 win over Hartford and a 7-0 victory at Vermont ... To begin the week, the Terriers scored early as junior Tiya Gallegos (Lakewood, Calif./Mayfair) headed home a rebound in the fifth minute, followed by goals from junior Jessica Luscinski (Bedford, N.H./Trinity) and senior Corie Halasz (Milford, Conn./Lauralton Hall) in the 31st and 60th minute, respectively ... A few days later, BU recorded a season high with seven goals at UVM. Graduate student Lisa Kevorkian (Arcadia, Calif./Monrovia) tied a single-game school record with two goals and two assists for six points, while freshman Kylie Strom (Endicott, N.Y./Union Endicott) also tied a program record with three assists ... In all five different Terriers found the back of the net on Sunday as Luscinski, classmate Krista Minto (Nissequogue, N.Y./Smithtown) and freshman Emma Clark (York, Maine/York) also scored in the contest ... Freshman Kelly King (Solon, Ohio/Laurel) and junior Alice Binns (Dorchester, Mass./Beaver County Day) split time in net and were called upon just twice to make a save and extend BU’s shutout streak to seven games and 648:02 minutes ... The Terriers, winners of seven straight games, are now within two victories of tying a program record for longest winning streak, and three blank sheets away from matching the record for shutouts in a season ... Additionally, head coach Nancy Feldman and the women’s soccer program are now one win away from their 200th victory.
Hartford (4-7-3, 1-1-2 America East) played just one game this week, hosting first-place Boston University in a matchup of the league’s top two teams at the time ... the Hawks fell to the Terriers, 3-0 ... junior goalkeeper Lauren Brodeur (Wilbraham, Mass./Wilbraham Monson Academy) had seven saves as the Hawks did their best to withstand a relentless Terrier attack ... sophomore Amelia Pereira (Madeira Island, Portugal/Escola da APEL/Martin Methodist College) supplied much of the Hartford attack, putting two of the Hawks’ three shots up ... junior forward Breeanna Robinson (East Hampstead, N.H./The PInkerton Academy), a top-five goal scorer in the America East, was forced to the sidelines for much of the game with an injury sustained when going for a loose ball in the game’s first 15 minutes ... the Hawks have now gone 220:34 without scoring a goal, dating back to their 1-0 victory over Binghamton on September 30 ... Hartford enjoyed a free weekend, using it to rest and recover from several nagging injuries that have plagued the team throughout the season ... the Hawks return to the pitch this week with two straight road games, at Vermont on Thursday afternoon and at Maine on Sunday at noon.
Maine (6-5, 2-2 America East) split a pair of America East contests this week... The Black Bears defeated UMBC, 1-0, on a first-minute goal... They also dropped their first home game to UNH, 1-0... The loss to UNH was just the second in seven games and the first at home this season... The Black Bears continue to be led by senior captain Kelsey Wilson ... She has tallied six goals, 14 points and 37 shots this year, but she has been held scoreless in America East play ... Nikki Misener leads the team with three assists... She recorded an assist on the game-winning goal at UMBC Thursday ... Meagan Price-Leibenzeder has settled down after allowing seven goals in three games earlier this year... She has allowed only one goal or fewer in her last four starts in net... Price-Leibenzeder appeared in net twice this week... She recorded a shutout against UMBC and held UNH to one first-half goal ... The Black Bears have spread out the scoring this season... Seven different players have recorded goals and only five goals have come from the forwards.
UMBC (2-11-1, 1-4-0 America East) dropped a pair of America East home contests last week… The Retrievers fell to Maine, 1-0, on Thursday … Freshman goalie Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Onatrio/St. Thomas Aquinas) made two saves, as each team managed just seven shots in the game… UMBC then fell to Stony Brook, 2-0, on Sunday, and Kadet stopped six shots… The Retrievers outshot the Seawolves, 12-9 … The Retrievers have been shut out in four straight games and have not scored since the second half against Vermont in the conference opener, a span of 394:06… Freshman forward Amy Savage (Ottawa, Ontario/Sir Wilfrid Laurier) leads UMBC with six points on two goals and two assists … Seniors Sandra Vacarino (Mantua, N.J./Clearview Regional) and Christine Sadowski (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood) also have a team-best two goals on the season … The Retrievers play their final home game of the season on Thursday when they host America East rival Binghamton, then visit league foe Albany on Sunday.
New Hampshire (6-6-3, 2-2-0 America East) split a pair of games last week, falling 2-1 at Albany on Oct. 7, before capturing a 1-0 victory at Maine on Oct. 10 ... the win snapped a three-game losing skid against the Black Bears that dated back to 2008 ... senior Carole LeBlanc (Grand-Digue, New Brunswick/Brewster Academy) netted the game winner in the 28th minute ... it is her third goal of the season, with all of them coming in the last four contests ... it is also her second game-winning goal in the last three matches ... freshman goalkeeper Erica Correa (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) made five saves to earn the fourth shutout of her career ... junior Stephanie Gilkenson (Cranston, R.I./La Salle Academy) notched her second goal of the season in the 28th minute at Albany to stake her team to the 1-0 lead ... sophomore Chelsea Kuss (Warners, N.Y./West Genesee) earned the assist on the play to extend her point-scoring streak to three games and give her a point in five of the last seven matches ... her five helpers are second most in the league ... Correa made seven saves ... Correa ranks first in the league in saves (94), second in save percentage (.825) and shutouts (4) and fourth in GAA (1.26).
Stony Brook (4-8-2, 3-1-1 America East) won both its games this week, defeating visiting Vermont, 3-0, on Thursday before beating host UMBC, 2-0, on Sunday ... Stony Brook is now 4-1-1 over its last six games ... Sophomore Taryn Schoenbeck (Newark, Del.) and junior Dominique Adamo (Ramsey, N.J.) each tallied a goal and an assist in the win over Vermont ... Schoenbeck scored the game-winner in the 20th minute ... freshman Larissa Nysch (Dresher, Pa.) scored her first career goal against the Catamounts ... the Seawolves then scored two goals in the first 12:26 of Sunday’s game ... junior Colleen McKenna (Manorville, N.Y.) scored the game-winner off an assist from Schoenbeck just 8:45 into the game ... Adamo struck with her second goal of the week just 3:41 later ... Adamo leads the team with 11 points (four goals, three assists) ... freshman goalkeeper Chelsea Morales (Temecula, Calif.) has recorded two straight shutouts and three in her last four games ... she made six stops against Vermont and five against UMBC ... the Seawolves have scored 12 goals in their last six games after scoring four over their first eight.
Vermont (2-12-0, 1-4-0 America East) dropped both games on the week to fall to 2-12 overall and 1-4 in league play ... UVM fell 3-0 at Stony Brook and suffered a 7-0 defeat to Boston U ... Sophomore goalkeeper Alyssa Kelly (Southampton, N.J./Seneca) has made 78 saves on the season, ranking among the top-15 for single-season saves at Vermont ... The Catamounts host Hartford on Thursday at 3 p.m. and then travel to New Hampshire for a 2 p.m. match on Sunday.