When and Where:

September 17, 2023 – Patchogue, New York

Records:

St. Joseph's, 2-2-0, NYU, 1-1-3

On Sunday afternoon, the St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) women's soccer team fell to New York University, 3-0.

Top performers

• Freshman Alana Downey made her debut recording nine saves with 12 shots on goal

• Makenzie Rodrigues of the Violets had a game-high two goals 

• NYU's Gabriella Funk added one goal 

• Dominique Bevacqua and Riley Mullady each tallied one assist for New York University

How it happened

• The Violets wasted no time as Rodrigues capitalized off a deflection from SJLI on a corner to fire one in the bottom right corner of the net and take a one-goal lead

• Just two minutes later Funk would receive a through ball from Mullady in front of the net to put the Violets up two early

• Rodrigues would score the third goal as the Violet was left open at the top of the box where Bevacqua capitalized with the pass to secure the assist 

• The second half remained scoreless giving NYU the 3-0 victory

Notes

• The Violets finished with 21 total shots

• The Golden Eagles had one corner kick compared to NYU's 10

Up next

The Golden Eagles return to action on Wednesday, September 20, when they host Old Westbury for a Skyline Conference matchup at 6:00pm.