GORHAM, Maine – The Keene State College women's soccer team traveled to take on the University of Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon for their last regular season Little East Conference away game of their 2024 campaign, as the Owls looked to try to take down the first place Huskies. After a pair of goals in the first half, and five more in the second for the Huskies, the Owls fell in the end, 7-1.  
 
 
Records

• Keene State: 5-9-2 (1-5-1 LEC)
• Southern Maine: 11-2-2 (6-0 LEC)

How it Happened


USM was on the attack early in the opening half, but the Owls held them off over the first 22 minutes of the contest. Of the six shots from the Huskies over the timespan, two missed the target, while the Owls blocked another, and KSC's goalkeeper, Riley Andriski, made three saves in goal for the Owls. 25:17 into the contest, the Huskies opened the scoring as Catriona Gould found the back of the net to put USM up a goal. After Andriski saved the next shot from the Huskies 24 seconds later, KSC looked to draw even on the other end of the field a minute later, but USM's goalkeeper, Madi Jordan denied Christina Sanders from tying the game. In the 30th minute, Makyla Magid looked to add a goal of her own after assisting on Gould's first goal, but her shot would hit the crossbar and hold the Huskies lead to one. A minute later, Gould added another goal from Magid, as she tallied number 13 for the season to put USM up a pair. Andriski made one more save in net to close the game out, as USM took a 2-0 lead into the half.
 
Hannah Verville started the second half in goal for the Owls and saved the first two shot attempts that she saw in goal, coming in the 59th and 61st minute of the contest. In the 66th minute, Magid continued to rack up the assists, as she assisted Kiki Huntress for the Huskies' third goal of the game. Over the next 10 minutes, Verville made three saves in net for KSC, but USM tacked on their fourth goal in the 78th minute, as Bridgette Toland assisted Madi Sainis. After Jordan made a save on Joclynn Tyler with 6:52 left to play, the Huskies tacked on three goals over a 1:46 span, coming from goals from each Meghan Przybulla (with another Magid assist), Sainis, and Julia McKenna. KSC was able to get on the board as Katherine Burzlaff scored a goal with 60 seconds left, as the Owls avoided the shutout, but KSC suffered their worst loss to USM in program history on the day in the end with the 7-1 final for the Huskies.
 
Inside the Box

• With the loss, the Owls still lead the all-time series matchup between the two teams, 22-5-2, although the Owls have gone 0-3-1 over the past four games, while outscoring the Owls, 17-3. 
• USM dominated KSC on the attack as they outshot KSC 33-6, including 19-3 in shots on goal, and a 6-1 corner kick advantage.
• Andriski made five saves in goal on her seven shots on goal faced over her 45 minutes in net, while Verville made seven saves on her 12 shots on goal faced.
• Burzlaff tallied her fourth goal of the season in the contest, the second-most on the team, one behind Elizabeth Tschudin for the team lead.
• Keene State is currently tied with Rhode Island College for eighth in the conference with four points in the LEC standings.
• Click here for the full LEC women's soccer standings

Up Next


The Owls' next game is their final regular season away game of 2024, as they will take on Husson University on short rest, on Sunday, October 20, at 1:00 PM.
Southern Maine's next game is their final non-LEC contest of the year, as they will host Bates College on Wednesday, October 23, at 7:00 PM.