Women's Soccer Blanks Mercy
Purple Knights Post 1-0 Victory To Even ECC Mark At 1-1-0
Bridgeport, Conn.-Junior Katie
Stanley (Oxon, England) converted a penalty kick for
her four goal of the season at 36:06 mark of the match to lift the
University of Bridgeport women's soccer team to a hard-fought 1-0
East Coast Conference home win over the Mercy College Mavericks on
Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Purple Knights are now
5-2-0 overall on the season and 1-1-0 in conference play.
Mercy now stands at 2-4-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the
ECC. UB was awarded the penalty kick for a handball in
the box.
Bridgeport outshot Mercy, 19-7, in the contest.
UB goalkeeper Julia Hansson (FR, Tocksfors, Sweden) made four save to notch her tird clean sheet of the season.
The Bridgeport women are back in action on Wednesday night at Knights Field, when they host the Bentley University Falcons in a non-conference match. Game time is 6:00 p.m.