South Hadley, Mass. - September 4, 2021 - The Mount Holyoke College soccer team fell to Skidmore College, 7-0, as the Lyons played their 2021 home opener on the MHC Soccer Field on Saturday afternoon.
With the loss, the Lyons leveled out to 1-1 on the year, while the Thoroughbreds picked up their first win of the season and improved to 1-1 overall.
Sophomore goalkeeper Shannon Breen (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) posted 11 saves in the setback, while Skidmore's Ava Keller and Claire Wolgast split time for the Thoroughbreds, combining for a clean sheet.
It took just 3:29 for the game's first goal as Skidmore's Carly Craft drove hard on the right side and edged her defender along the end line, before slipping a pass to Vanessa Eljaiek, who converted her chance into the open net to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Mount Holyoke College looked to even the game at one apiece as first-year forward Hannah Keochakian (Amherst, Mass.) blasted a shot wide right, before Fionna Kennedy (Wilton, N.H.) had a bid blocked just 11:14 into the contest.
Just 5:13 later, the Thoroughbreds extended their lead to a pair when Isabelle Sullivan came into the game and fired a shot from just outside the box that carried over Breen's head and into the back of the net to make it 2-0.
With 10:48 on the clock in the first half, Lily Hammill slipped a pass to Kyra Russman-Araya, who then took a shot from the top of the box and snuck the ball into the bottom-right corner, giving the Thoroughbreds a 3-0 lead at the break.
Mount Holyoke College put some pressure on Skidmore's back line early in the second half as Keochakian generated a shot that was blocked, before the Thoroughbreds countered which resulted in a goal from Ella Stone to make it 4-0, visitors, with 40:11 to play.
Skidmore added a fifth and sixth goals just 5:06 apart, as Lauren Winkler scored on an assist from Liz Foley, before Sullivan netted her second of the game. Skidmore's Katheryn Dunn then converted the Thoroughbreds' seventh on a corner from Lauren Greaves that she headed past Breen.
Mount Holyoke College will now turn their attention to Amherst College, as the Lyons play host to the Mammoths on Thursday, September 9 at 7 p.m.
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