PHILADELPHIA – Sizzy Lawton's goal in the 81st minute was all the University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team needed for a 3-0 win over Stony Brook. As it turned out, though, it was only the start as the Red and Blue scored a trio of goals in a 5:21 span to seal a victory in their final match on Rhodes Field for the 2022 season.
Along with Lawton, Penn's got goals from
Lauren Teuschl and
Isobel Glass. Teuschl also had an assist to go with a match-high seven shots. Lawton had five shots on the day, matching the Seawolves' team total for the match.
Anuli Okafor (3),
Miranda Farman (2) and Glass (2) all had multiple shots while
Maya Leschly,
Sara Readinger, and
Reese Sutter also had shots in the win.
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn scored three goals for the first time this season.
*At the other end, junior goalkeeper
Laurence Gladu made just one save as she recorded her second clean sheet of 2022.
*Penn dominated Stony Brook, firing a season-high 22 shots to the Seawolves' five. The Red and Blue recorded eight corner kicks to two by Stony Brook.
*Penn's three goals came in a 5:21 span. There was a 2:20 difference between the first and second goals and a 3:01 span between the second and third tallies.
*Three goals scored is the most since Penn recorded three (or more) goals in three-straight matches from Oct. 16-23, 2021.
How It Happened
The Quakers were able to manage the elements well on a rainy afternoon at Rhodes Field. From long before the opening whistle to just about the final 15 minutes of play there was non-stop rain.
Penn turned on the pressure early as it recorded seven shots in the first 21 minutes, forcing the SBU keeper to make a trio of saves. In that same span, the Seawolves only tallied one shot, which went wide.
Gladu made her only save on the half-hour mark as she collected a headed ball and sent Penn back on the attack.
Teuschl and Glass both had great chances to score on back-to-back shots in the box, but the Stony Brook keeper made a pair of great saves to keep the match scoreless in the 34th minute.
After peppering the Seawolves keeper for 35 unsuccessful minutes, Lawton broke the scoreless tie with a shot to the top left of the goal from the top of the box. This goal looked very similar to her first goal of the season against Maryland.
For the first time this season, Penn had a multi-goal lead as Teuschl's second goal of the season came just 2:01 after Lawton's goal. Teuschl collected the ricocheted ball off the diving keeper for the score.
Penn was not done scoring as three minutes later, Glass tallied her first goal of the season. Teuschl sent a ball across the front of the box to Glass who slotted the ball past the diving keeper. This marked Penn's first three-goal match of the 2022 season.
Up Next
The Quakers will head to California for a pair of matches. In the Golden State, Penn is scheduled to play Saint Mary's (Sept. 15) and California (Sept. 18).
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