Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The 18th-ranked Molloy women's soccer team clinched the top seed for the East Coast Conference Championship and a share of the regular season title after defeating the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans, 6-0, Saturday afternoon at John A. Darcy Field. The Lions finished the regular season at 15-2 overall and 8-1 in ECC play, while the Spartans fell to 4-11 overall and 2-7 in league play.
 
How It Happened

• Molloy outshot STAC 21-2, including 12-1 in the first half.
• The Lions got on the board in the 5^th minute after senior Dana Poetzsch rounded the goalkeeper and fired it into the empty net.
• Poetzsch doubled the Lions' lead in the 22^nd minute after being played through on goal by junior Annie Coogan.
• Coogan then got on the scoresheet in the 37^th minute after slotting home a low cross from junior Joanna Graca.
• The Lions were up 3-0 heading into the break.
• In the 58^th minute, junior Lexi Verni's effort from 20 yards out was initially tipped by the Spartans' goalkeeper, but it bounced in to make it 4-0.
• Freshman Nicole Fabris netted Molloy's fifth with 20 minutes to go after smashing it in from the edge of the box.
• In the 83^rd minute, the Lions tallied their sixth and final goal on the day through sophomore Brenna Glover.
• The Lions tied the single-season program records for both wins (15) and shutouts (12).

 
Top Performances

• Poetzsch scored twice to bring her total to eight goals on the season. She also registered one assist, which is her fifth of the season.
• Coogan tallied her third goal of the season to go along with two assists.
• Verni netted her 12^th goal of the season, which still leads the ECC.
• Fabris and Glover each scored their fourth goals of the season.
• Senior Carli Fonseca tallied her first career point with an assist.
• Graca registered her fifth assist of the season.
• Fogarty recorded her second assist of the season.
• Sophomore Shannon Kilian recorded the shutout in her first career start. 

 
Up Next

• The maroon and white will host fourth-seeded Roberts Wesleyan for the ECC Championship Semifinal Thursday, November 11 at John A. Darcy Field. Check Molloylions.com to stay up to date on the details of the match.