Plunkett Scores Five As Hawks Soar Past Pride
Leicester, Mass.- Sophomore Caroline Plunkett (Rockaway, NY) scored five goals as the Lady Hawks defeated Regis College 7-1 in women’s soccer action.
The Hawks got the scoring started 14:20 into the contest when Plunkett scored from point blank range on a feed from Vanessa Laureano (Dracut, Mass.). Plunkett scored her second goal of the game with just under ten minutes remaining in the first half when she was set up by sophomore Felicia Zalik (Oxford, Conn.) in front of the Regis net, making the score 2-0. The Hawks made the score 3-0 when Zalik scored her first goal of the season on a pass from Jodi Theriault (Woodstock, Conn.). Zalik scored as many points in today’s game (3) as she did all of last season. Plunkett completed her first half hat trick with 3:30 remaining in the first half, when see redirected a corner kick from Katie Smith (Worcester, Mass.) into the back of the Regis net.
Plunkett started off the second half much like she ended the first half, scoring her fourth goal of the game on another assist from Jodi Theriault, making the score 5-0. The Pride finally got on the board in the 72nd minute when Tess McLean(West Roxbury, Mass.) broke past the Becker defense for the lone goal for Regis. Plunkett added one more goal and Theriault added a goal and an assist as the Hawks ended their two game losing streak.
Regis goalkeeper Bethany Frye (Adams, Mass.) made five saves in the loss, the Pride are now 1-3 on the season. Becker goalkeeper Christina Boucher (Pawcatuck, Conn.) made six saves, as the Hawks improved to 2-2 on the year.
