The UR Women’s Soccer team was victorious on Friday against St. Lawrence University in their opening contest held at MacAllaster Field Friday.
Rochester seniors Claire Grover (#17) and Syd Coggins (#9) scored the game’s only goals in the 23rd and 73rd minutes, respectively. The Yellowjackets bombarded St. Lawrence with 20 shots throughout the game, starting in the 12th minute when Grover took her first shot.
Overall, UR fired seven shots in the first half, four of them coming from Grover.
In the second half, Rochester took 13 shots and possessed the ball north of 60% of the time. During the game, St. Lawrence took only seven shots, three of which landed on goal.
UR also drew St. Lawrence offsides three times without any violations of their own. UR’s intense offensive pressure forced St. Lawrence to foul the Yellowjackets nine times while only committing three themselves.
UR followed up their Friday night victory with a 4-1 win on Sunday at Clarkson University.
UR entered the game ranked sixth. Clarkson struck first in the 12th minute when senior Emily Davis (#5) poked a shot by UR goalie, senior Grace Kuropatkin (#00).
Neither team scored for the rest of the half, giving Clarkson the 1-0 lead.
UR scored two goals in the 69th minute when sophomore Maya Bravo (#4) and first-year Natalie Santangelo (#10) each got one by Clarkson goalie senior Molly DiCaprio (#99).
Santangelo scored again in the 83rd and assisted on sophomore Sydney Holmes’s (#3) 88th minute goal to put the game well out of reach with minutes to spare.
The Yellowjackets will look to continue their winning streak Saturday, Sept. 7 at SUNY Cortland.
