Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy women's soccer team picked up a 2-0 shut out over the Saints of D'Youville Saturday afternoon at John A. Darcy Field. As a result the Lions earn themselves a first round bye in the ECC tournament improving to 9-2-4 overall and 4-0-3 in East Coast Conference play, while the Saints move to 2-9-3 overall and 1-4-1 in league play.
 
Prior to the contest, the program celebrated its member of the senior class: Mikaela Barriga (Respiratory Care), Emma Beattie (Education/Special Education), Olivia Ingenito (Psychology), Nikki Mitchell (Speech-Language Pathology), and Abigail Smith (Psychology).
 
How it Happened

• The first chance of the game came from Mitchell in the 11^th minute, when she fired a shot that would be saved.
• The Saints put together two golden chances in the 15^th minute. Hannah Fleming of D'Youville had her shot denied by junior goalkeeper Elyse Muñoz and the rebound was denied by Beattie at the goal line, keeping the Saints off the board.
• Molloy earned the games first tally in the 27^th minute. Junior Isabella Muro crossed a ball into the box and found the right foot of Beattie who blew it past the goalkeeper to put the Lions on the board, 1-0.
• In the 43^rd minute freshman Angelina Rodriguez looked to extend the lead, but her shot would be blocked to send the game into halftime, 1-0.
• Six minutes into the second half, Beattie looked for her second of the afternoon, but her attempt would go wide of target.
• The 55^th minute saw Molloy extend its lead, 2-0, after Muro chipped a ball past the back line and to the foot of Ingenito who finished it off.
• The cardinal and white's defense would clamp down as the second half continued, limiting chances from the Saints.
• D'Youville would have a chance to cut the lead in half in the 79^th minute, but Muñoz would make a comfortable save.
• The final chance of the contest came with 1:06 to play from the visitors, but Muñoz would tally one more save to secure the 2-0 victory. 

Top Performances

• Beattie netted her fifth goal of the campaign while Ingenito collected her ninth.
• Muro dished out two assists to collect her second multi-assist game of the season.
• In goal, Muñoz made three saves. 

Up Next
Molloy concludes their conference schedule and will travel to Orangeburg, N.Y. for a matchup against Dominican Tuesday, October 28. Kick-off is slated for 3:30 p.m.