FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's soccer team improves to 5-9 and 3-3 in the A-10 after defeating Duquesne (4-6-2, 2-3-1 conference) by a score of 2-0 on Sunday afternoon inside George Mason Stadium.
Possession of the ball was split evenly amongst the Patriots and the Dukes. Duquesne tallied 14 total shots (nine on goal). Mason tallied two goals on 18 total shots (eight on goal). Senior
Louisa Moser earns the win, tallying her second shutout of the season.
Senior
Sara Chontosh scored the game winning goal for the Patriots off an assist from junior
Grace Hotaling . This was Chontosh's first goal of the season. Hotaling adds another assist for the season, tallying her sixth assist. Hotaling leads the A-10 in assists. Senior
Sara Chontosh scores her second goal of the season just a few moments later, this time unassisted. These goals tie the season high of two goals scored in a match.
Seniors
Sara Chontosh tallied six shots (four on goal) in the contest. Junior
Grace Hotaling (two on goal), sophomore
Jule Kleymann
(one on goal), and freshman
Hailey Martinez (one on goal) each recorded two shots in the match. Seniors
Naja Ashman ,
Sophie Karas
and
Shannon Lee, freshmen
Brianna Bitz,
Lea Spittka, and
Halla Svansdóttir (one on goal) all all tallied one shot in the match.
HOW THEY SCORED
GEORGE MASON
8' | Senior
Sara Chontosh scored the game winning goal for the Patriots off an assist from junior
Grace Hotaling. Her first goal of the season.
16' | Senior
Sara Chontosh puts one away, unassisted.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Senior goalkeeper Louisa Moser recorded nine saves in the win, a season high.
- Moser earned her second shutout of the season
- Duquesne's defense allowed 18 shots in fulltime.
- The Duke's recorded 14 shots (nine on goal).
- Mason earned six corner kick opportunities, while Duquesne notched four.
- Senior Sara Chontosh scored the game winning goal for the Patriots off an assist from junior Grace Hotaling .
- Seniors Sara Chontosh tallied six shots (four on goal) in the contest. Junior Grace Hotaling (two on goal), sophomore Jule Kleymann (one on goal), and freshman Hailey Martinez (one on goal) each recorded two shots in the match.
- Seniors Naja Ashman , Sophie Karas, and Shannon Lee, freshmen Brianna Bitz, Lea Spittka, and Halla Svansdóttir all tallied one shot in the match.
- Seniors Naja Ashman, Shannon Lee, Louisa Moser and Keri Yoon led the momentum for the Patriots as they each played 90 minutes for the Green & Gold on Sunday afternoon.
FROM HEAD COACH MANYA PUPPIONE
" It feels good to get back on track with the way that we know how to play. We are happy that we were able to get the win on Senior Day. This senior class has left such a strong legacy that we are so grateful for. This whole season we have been chopping away, focusing on the little details. Today we all showed up to play against a gritty Duquesne team, to give these seniors an awesome gift. We look forward to getting on the road to face another tough opponent in Davidson."
UP NEXT
Mason heads to Davidson to take on the Wildcats on Thursday, October 14th, at Alumni Soccer Stadium with kickoff set for 7 p.m. Fans can follow the contest via live stream.
