Maritime Sails Past Women's Soccer

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Freshman Izabella Armstrong (Farmdale, Ohio/Badger H.S.) made 18 saves for the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's soccer team but the offense was held scoreless and Maritime College (N.Y.) came away with an 8-0 victory in Skyline Conference action on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

• Final score: Maritime (N.Y.) 8, St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) 0
• Records: Maritime (N.Y.) (4-5, 1-1 Skyline), St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) (1-4, 0-4 Skyline)
• Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. — Aviator Field

How it Happened

• Kathleen Burns opened up the scoring in the 18th minute, finishing off a pass in the box from Courtney Salatto, which would end up being a theme in today's game.
• Gayle Woods received a through ball for a breakaway from Salatto in the 26th minute to put Maritime up by two.
• 11 minutes later, Burns scored on a breakaway of her own for her second of the day to give Maritime a 3-0 lead at the break.
• The first goal of the second half came off of a pretty give and go between Krista Deleva and Courtney Salatto.
• A minute later Gayle Woods found her second goal of the game as she was able to put back a rebound that had gone off the post off a shot by Salatto.
• Another minute after that, Woods created a turnover near the Bear's net and finished off her hat trick putting Maritime up by six.
• In the 54th minute Courtney Salatto scored a breakaway goal of her own to push the lead to seven. 
• Finally, Julianna Avitto scored a pretty goal in the 76th minute as she cut to the right at the top of the box and sent a shot into the upper left corner of the net for the final tally.

For the Bears

• Goaltender Izabella Armstrong had a very good day, despite of the score. She finished with 18 saves on 26 shots faced.
• Pamela Chernyakhovsky finished with six shots, four of them finding the target.
• Shannon Fahy played a strong game, getting two shots on net and being as involved offensively as anyone on the Bears.

For the Privateers

• Five different players finished with at least a goal in the game.
• Kathleen Burns finished with a hat trick and two assists. While Courtney Salatto had a goal and four assists.
• Maritime took 41 shots in the game, 26 finding the net.
• Starting goaltender Cammie Havens earned the win and improved to 4-5.

The Bear Facts

• Maritime improves to 2-0 in the all-time series and first meeting in the Skyline Conference.

Up Next for the Bears

The Lady Bears return to action on Wednesday, September 30th as they host Lehman College 
at Aviator Field. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. with live stats available at SJCBears.com