PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team defeated Saint Joseph's, 2-1, Thursday night on Rhodes Field. The win for the Quakers brings them to 4-0-2, while the loss for the Hawks drops them to 3-4.
 
Quaker Notemeal
* The Quakers continue to follow in the footsteps of the 2022 team, being undefeated still through the first six matches of the year.

* Sophomore Haley Adamsky scored for a second-straight match. She has already bested last year's goal total.

* Junior Megan Graves faced a season-high 12 shots, while making a career-best six saves in her second career start.

* Senior Anuli Okafor has an assist in her last two matches. The two assists are already a career high.

* The Red and Blue remain the only defeated team in the Ivy League.
 
How it Happened
No acclimation period was needed to begin this one. 17 seconds into the match, Hawks freshman midfielder Chelsea Leal played the ball back to Emily Hanrahan. The junior forward sent a bang-bang pass ahead to sophomore Sarah Fisher for the opening goal of the match. Following the goal, the Hawks mounted offensive pressure, controlling the pace of play in the Quakers' defensive zone. The Quakers would not be phased, however.

At the 14th minute, junior Taylor Ferraro was granted a corner kick, which she crossed to fellow junior Leah Finkelman, who sat at the top of the box. Finkelman played it on to Avery Chapel, who knocked a one-timer through to level the score.

The first half would start to even out following the Quaker goal, with the Quakers putting up five shots while the Hawks managed three.

The second half would bring more of the same intensity, with the match seeing three yellow cards handed out.

At the 65th minute, the Quakers got a nice opportunity when Magali Capdevila sent a shot from the far edge of the box screaming towards the goal before clipping the outside of the near post
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Later, Hawks junior defender Jailyn Parrotte was able to put a good shot on courtesy of a Quaker turnover, but the heater was stuffed by junior Graves.

At the 79th minute, Graves sent a goal kick down the far sideline to be received by Anuli Okafor. With Hawks' goalie Peyton Radwanski charging in fast outside the box, Okafor was able to put the ball beside the netminder in the direction of Haley Adamsky. Adamsky put a strong kick on the ball towards the empty net and sunk what would be the deciding factor in tonight's contest.

The Hawks got one more good look to even the score, when defender Maddie Anderson laced a free kick from deep, hitting the crossbar. Off the ricochet, Hanrahan was able to get a shot off the rebound, only to be denied from inside.

The intensity of the match never let up, and it resulted in a 2-1 victory for the Red and Blue.

The Quakers will look to build off this great win when they host the Villanova Wildcats Sunday at 6 p.m. on Rhodes Field.