Hughes finished Saturday's game with nine saves.
Women's Soccer struggles to find the net
New England College women’s soccer struggled to find the net on Saturday afternoon losing to conference opponent Nichols College 0 in Dudley, Mass. The loss drops the Pilgrims to 5-6-1 overall and evens their Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) record to 3-3-1. With the win the Nichols College Bison improves to 7-6-0 overall and 3-5-0 in the TCCC.
Nichols College would get on the board early as Katelyn Delaney would net an unassisted goal at the 17:57 putting the Bison up 1-0. The two teams would battle evenly through the remainder of the opening half as both teams would finish with seven shots but the Bison would hold a 4-1 edge in shots on goal after 90 minutes.
Nichols would tack on two goals within four minutes of one another as Kaila Gray and Chelsea Schaughnessy would each net a goal in the opening 20 minutes of the second half extending the Bison lead to 3-0. Nichols’ Laurel Houle would tack on another Bison score with just four minutes remaining in regulation as Nichols would cruise to the 4-0 victory.
Leading the way for NEC was Debbie Lyons and Deanna Brayton who each finished with a shot on goal. In goal for the Pilgrims was Kerry Hughes who finished with nine saves on the afternoon.
