'KEENE, N.H. 9/1/05 - Katie Bedigian (Northboro, Mass.) had two
goals and Katie Stevens (Londonderry, N.H.) finished with a goal
and two assists to lead the Keene State women's soccer team to a
season-opening 6-0 shutout victory over Western New England College
at Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday.
The Owls scored three goals in each half on the way to the
victory.
<img src="/athletics/images/2005f/soc8.jpg"
align="right" style="margin-left:12" width="250" height="176"
alt="Katie Stevens had a goal and two assists in KSC 6-0
opening-season win against WNEC
." border="0">WNEC goalie Marisa Sullivan (Halesite, N.Y.)
made a diving stop on a shot by Bedigian in the early going, before
Keene State exploded for three unanswered goals in the first
half. Breanne Lucey (Keene, N.H.) netted the Owls first goal
of the season when she finished off a lead pass from Stevens.
Freshman Michelle Boland (Worcester, Mass.) made it a 2-0 game at
the 27:39 mark when she put in a rebound for her first college
goal. Stevens completed the uprising five minutes later when
she collected a long ball from Ali Corso (Farmington, Conn.) and
fired the ball into the far top corner of the net.
Sarah Miller's (Walpole, N.H.) break-away shot was smothered by
Sullivan early in the second half. But Bedigian scored a pair of
goals 1:32 apart to up the Owls' lead to 5-0. Alyson Beadle
(East Hartford, Conn.) completed the scoring for KSC when she raced
down the right sideline and put the ball into the far corner.
Making her first-ever start in goal, Sarah Campbell (Auburn,
Mass.) had two saves and freshman Samantha Hirsh (Holliston,
Mass.), who played the final 15 minutes without a save, split the
shutout for the Owls. Sullivan had seven saves and Kristen
Walls (Sudbury, Mass.) didn't have a save over the final eight
minutes in goal for WNEC, who are coached by former Owl player Ron
Dias.
Keene State travels to New York on Saturday for a game against
Scranton University in the Hartwick College Tournament.
KSC has defeated the Golden Bears in its last four opening
games.
