CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the second time in three weeks, Boston University's Lisa Kevorkian (Aracadia, Calif./Moravia/Cal) is America East's women's soccer Player of the Week, while UMBC's Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) has been named Rookie of the Week. The awards for the week ending Sept. 26 were announced Monday afternoon.
Kevorkian scored the game-winning goal in the Terriers’ lone game of the week, a 2-0 win over New Hampshire in the league opener for both teams. Boston U. has now won 23 of its last 24 matches against America East foes dating back to 2007. Kevorkian, a transfer from Cal, gave her team a lead it would not relinquish on a breakaway in the 20th minute. The goal was her league-leading seventh of the season. She also leads the conference with 16 points.
Kadet made 13 saves in a pair of games last week, including eight in a 2-0 shutout victory over Vermont Sunday. The win snapped the Retrievers’ eight-game winless streak and was just their second win in a league opener since joining the conference in 2003. The freshman goalkeeper, who posted a 0.99 goals-against average on the week, leads America East in saves per game (6.89) and ranks third in save percentage (.805).
Boston U. and UMBC were joined by Binghamton as teams to win its league openers Sunday, while Hartford and Stony Brook battled to a 1-1 tie on Long Island. Eight more conference games will be played this week, highlighted by Stony Brook's trip to Boston U. in a rematch of the 2008 league championship game.
Team Notes
Albany (5-5-0, 0-0-0 America East) wrapped up its non-conference slate by posting a 2-0 road victory over Bryant on Wednesday, Sept. 22 … The Great Danes, who have blanked four opponents, have matched their best 10-game start as a Division I program entering league play … The squad also posted an identical 5-5 ledger last season … Sophomore Breanna Maggio (Ontario, N.Y./Wayne Central) eclipsed the Division I program record for career shutouts (5) by making five saves in the triumph … The goalkeeper, who has a 4-2 record this season, also matched a Division I standard by recording her seventh career victory … Classmate Chelsea DeVerna (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) scored an early goal to put the Great Danes ahead, while freshman Aubrey VanGorder (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) added insurance in the second half when she stole the ball away from the Bulldog goalkeeper and scored her first career marker on the open net … Sophomore Shayla Bergeron (Hudson, N.H./Alvirne/Duquesne) continues to lead the team in scoring … She has five goals and 10 points … Bergeron is tied for third in the league in total goals and ranks fourth in points … Defensively, UAlbany is the only school in the league to have two goalkeepers post a shutout … Maggio has blanked Iona and Bryant, while freshman Dani Britt (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) earned her first collegiate clean sheet against Manhattan … The Great Danes open America East Conference action on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. when they host Stony Brook. … The squad will also visit Hartford on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m.
Binghamton (3-7-0, 1-0-0 America East) went 1-2 on the week, losing non-conference games to Seton Hall (1-0) and Cornell (3-1) before snapping a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over Maine in the team’s conference opener... The Bearcats had lost their America East opener in seven straight seasons... Sophomore forward Sarah Furminger (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal/Broome CC) drilled a 26-yard shot off the far post and in with 9:54 remaining in the contest against the Black Bears. Binghamton improved to 6-3-2 all-time against Maine... The win extended Binghamton’s regular season conference win streak to six games, dating back to last October... Furminger’s goal was her team-best third of the season and second game-winner. She ranks sixth in America East in points and goals and is tied for third in game winners... Freshman keeper Carrie Martin (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) made five saves to post her second shutout of the season. Junior midfielder Mary DeWitte (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) netted a goal in the loss to Cornell and then was selected as the team’s America East Player of the Game vs. Maine. She logged 90 minutes at central midfield in the win.
Boston University (6-5-0, 1-0-0 America East) opened its 2010 America East Conference slate in dominating fashion as it defeated New Hampshire, 2-0, after outshooting it, 30-4 ... The Terriers, who extended their winning streak to three games, have won 10 out of the last 11 meetings with the Wildcats and have not lost to them since 2002 ... Graduate student Lisa Kevorkian (Arcadia, Calif./Monrovia) scored the game-winning goal on a breakaway, while junior Jessica Luscinski (Bedford, N.H./Trinity) found the back of the net on a free kick ... Freshman Emma Clark (York, Maine/York) provided the assist on Kevorkian’s game-winner ... Boston U. will travel south to UMBC on Thursday (Sept. 30) for a 4 p.m. start.
Hartford (3-6-2, 0-0-1 America East) emerged from its two-game road swing without a loss, as it battled to a 0-0 tie at Fairfield and a 1-1 tie in the America East opener at Stony Brook ... Junior goalkeeper Lauren Brodeur (Wilbraham, Mass./Wilbraham Monson Academy) had 12 saves on the week, including seven in the shutout of Fairfield ... Sophomore Amelia Pereira (Madeira Island, Portugal/Escola da APEL/Martin Methodist College) scored the only goal of the week for Hartford, finishing a crossing pass from junior Alex Uscilla (Westport, Conn./St. Joseph) against Stony Brook ... The goal was the first since 2006 for the Hawks against the Seawolves ... Hartford and Stony Brook have deadlocked in four of the last five meetings ... The Hawks’ defense proved itself in both contests, led by junior Michele DeSanti (Meriden, Conn./Mercy) and sophomore Christiana Lang (Huntington Beach, Calif./Temecula Valley/Cypress College) ... the Hawks now open a three-game homestand, facing Binghamton on Thursday evening before welcoming in Albany on Sunday and Boston University next Thursday.
Maine (4-4-0, 0-1-0 America East) dropped its conference opener at Binghamton 1-0 on Sunday ... Binghamton edged UMaine with an 81st minute goal by Sarah Furminger. Furminger nailed a 28-yard shot that banked off the far post for the game winner ... The game was pretty evenly contested with both teams recording 12 shots. The Black Bears also put five shots on target, but Carrie Martin made saves on all five ... Meagan Price-Leibenzeder made four saves and held Binghamton scoreless for the first 80 minutes of action ... Kelsey Wilson continues to lead the team with 14 points and 28 shots ... The Black Bears lead the America East in goals per game and assists per game. They have also allowed the second fewest goals in the conference.
UMBC (2-7-1, 1-0-0 America East) split two games last week, falling at crosstown-rival Loyola, 2-1, in overtime on Wednesday before defeating America East rival Vermont on the road, 2-0, on Sunday in its conference opener … The Retrievers trailed the Greyhounds, 1-0, at halftime, but senior back Christine Sadowski (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood) knotted the score in the 63rd minute with her second goal of the season, which eventually sent the game to overtime … Loyola won it less than two minutes into the extra session … Freshman goalie Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) made eight saves and posted her first career shutout and victory in the win over the Catamounts… It was the first shutout by a Retriever rookie since Catie Bukowski blanked Albany on Oct. 9, 2005, and it was UMBC’s first shutout since defeating Hartford, 1-0, on Oct. 11, 2009 … The victory snapped UMBC’s eight-game winless streak … It was the first road win for the Retrievers since Oct. 2, 2009, at Delaware State, and their first conference road win since defeating Albany on Oct. 26, 2008 ... It was also UMBC’s second victory in an America East opener in its eight years in the league, with its other win coming in 2008 against Maine … Just 43 seconds into the second half, freshman midfielder Nicole Clark (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) gave the Retrievers a 1-0 lead with her first career goal… A little over 10 minutes later, Sadowski’s free kick found senior midfielder Sandra Vacarino (Mantua, N.J./Clearview Regional), who knocked in the insurance goal … It was Vacarino’s third goal against the Catamounts in the last two seasons … Of her team-best eight career goals, five have come against America East opponents … The Retrievers host defending America East champ Boston University on Thursday, then visit league rival New Hampshire on Sunday.
New Hampshire (4-5-2, 0-1-0 America East) went 1-1-0 last week, defeating Ivy-League power Dartmouth, 1-0, at home on Sept. 23, and dropping its conference opener at Boston U., 2-0, Sept. 26 ... the last time the Wildcats had defeated Dartmouth was Oct. 30, 1991 in a 2-0 road victory, while the previous home win against the Big Green came Nov. 1, 1990 in a 3-1 overtime triumph ... Dartmouth defeated No. 16 Penn State, 1-0, Sept. 19, and also tied 17th-ranked San Diego, 1-1, earlier in the year ... junior Brooke Duchaney (Hampton Falls, N.H./Winnacunnet) notched her second game-winning goal in as many matches with a strike in the 33rd minute ... the assist was the second in as many contests for junior Stephanie Gilkenson (Cranston, R.I./LaSalle Academy), who was playing in just her third game of the season after returning from injury ... sophomore Drea Nogueira (New Bedford, Mass.) also was credited with an assist on the play for her team-leading seventh point of the season ... freshman goalkeeper Erica Correa (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) recorded her second consecutive shutout and the second of her career with five saves ... Correa then did her best to keep her team in the game against Boston U., making a career-best 12 saves against the Terriers, who peppered her with 30 shots (14 on frame) the rookie leads the conference in saves (67), is second in save percentage (.807) and is third in GAA (1.38).
Stony Brook (1-7-2, 0-0-1 America East) tied Hartford, 1-1, in its America East opener at LaValle Stadium on Sunday ... Sophomore Sa’sha Kershaw (Baltimore, Md.) scored the game-tying goal in the 56th minute, tipping in a pass from sophomore Colleen McKenna (Manorville, N.Y.) ... It was the team-leading third goal for Kershaw ... The Seawolves outshot Hartford, 10-2, in the second half and outshot the Hawks 15-7 for the game ... The Seawolves also held an 8-0 advantage in corner kicks including four in the second overtime ... Freshman goalkeeper Chelsea Morales (Temecula, Calif.) made four saves ... She has allowed just one goal in each of the Seawolves last two games ... The Seawolves and Hawks have now tied each of the last two seasons ... Stony Brook will play four of its next five games on the road.
Vermont (1-9-0, 0-1-0 Americ East) dropped a 2-1 decision at American University and fell 2-0 to UMBC in the America East opener this week ... UVM is 10-9-1 in league openers dating back to 1991 ... The Catamounts have lost nine straight games ... Freshman Haley Marks (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) leads the team in scoring with five points on a pair of goals and an assist ... The Catamounts face Maine in Orono on Thursday (Sept. 30) at 3 p.m. and host Binghamton on Sunday (Oct. 3) at 1 p.m. at Centennial Field as part of UVM’s Homecoming Weekend.