Aikens has helped the Hawks on offense and defense. Charlie Kahn | The Informer
The University of Hartford Women’s soccer team continued play this past Thursday with a game against fellow America East Conference team, the Stony Brook Seawolves. Hartford won with a score of 3-2.
The game started off quickly as Hawks keeper Jessica Jurg made two saves within the first four minutes, both of which came from beyond the 18 yard box. She would end the half having gotten a third save as well. Junior midfielder Chanel Johnson tried to get the Hawks on the board with a shot however it went wide of the goal.
The Hawks had another scoring opportunity with a little over 17 minutes left in the first half when sophomore forward Elise Galipo tried to pass the ball to Johnson for a header into the goal. The pass was off though and Johnson was unable to reach the ball.
With a little under a minute left in the first half, the Seawolves scored their first goal of the night. Stony Brook junior midfielder Christina Casamassina scored her first goal of the season on a scrum in front of the goal after the Seawolves got a free kick opportunity.
Hartford got a free kick opportunity with a few seconds remaining in the first half. Sophomore midfielder Kristen McAdams served the ball into the box. After a few back and forth volleys, the Hawks had a chance to score with one second remaining in the half. Junior forward Sarah Velasquez made a shot from a few yards out that was blocked by the Seawolves keeper, Ashley Castanio.
Going into the half, the score was 1-0 in favor of the Seawolves.
Three minutes into the second period, Hartford tied the game with a shot from 40 yards out by Johnson who got her third goal of the season. The shot was well outside the box but the ball curved and got in just under the crossbar.
The Hawks scored again in the 55 minute of the game when Johnson received a pass from well down the field, evaded the defense, and took the shot on the left side of the goal, which the Seawolves keeper was unable to block.
With twenty-eight minutes left on the clock, Galipo tried to score on a shot from just outside the eighteen yard box but the shot was blocked by Castanio. Hartford got another scoring opportunity off of a free kick but the shot by junior midfielder Stephanie Santos went over the crossbar.
With a little over nineteen minutes remaining in the game, Stony Brook scored their second goal tying the game at 2-2 off of a shot by junior forward Queli Ornelas.
The game remained tied at the end of the second half and went into overtime.
In the 99 minute of the game, Johnson scored Hartford’s third goal of the night which was also the winning goal and her fifth of the season.
The Hawks then went on to play the UMass Lowell River Hawks on Sunday which resulted in a 4-0 shutout victory for the Hawks.
The first goal of the night came in the 17 minute of the first half as Johnson collected a rebound and shot on the net while River Hawks junior keeper Jane Hatzikonstantis was out of position.
The score remained 1-0 going into the half with the Hawks holding a 13-2 shot advantage over the River Hawks.
The Hawks second goal came in the 57 minute when junior midfielder Stephanie Santos served the ball into the box where defender Amanda Hamilton used a header to score the goal. Sophomore defender Erica Primovic scored the last two goals for the Hawks in the 61 and 65 minutes. Santos was credited with assists on all three goals.
With the win, the Hawks improve to 8-4-3 overall and 3-2-0 in conference. Hartford will play at Binghamton University on Thursday at 7 p.m.