FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's soccer team improves to 6-10-1 and 4-4-1 in the A-10 after defeating Rhode Island (5-8-2, 4-4-1 A-10) by a score of 3-2 on Thursday night inside George Mason Stadium. The Patriots are currently in a three way tie for sixth place, hoping to clinch a spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament. The Patriots are currently tied with St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island, but have defeated both opponents during the regular season.
Possession of the ball was split evenly amongst the Patriots and the Rams. Rhode Island tallied two goals on 12 total shots (six on goal). Mason tallied three goals on 16 total shots (eight on goal). Senior
Louisa Moser earns the win, recording four saves in the win.
Senior
Sara Chontosh scored the game winning goal for the Patriots off an assist from fellow senior
Emma Lee. This was Chontosh's fifth goal of the season, scoring the other two goals in the game.
Emma Lee tallied two assists in tonight's match. Junior
Grace Hotaling adds another assist for the season, tallying her seventh assist. Hotaling is currently second in the A-10 in assists. Chontosh is on the leader boards for both shots and shots on goal. The Patriot's earned season highs in tonight's match: points (9), goals (3), and assists (3). Chontosh's hat-trick earned her a spot in the record books for hat-tricks in a season.
Senior
Sara Chontosh tallied six shots (four on goal) in the contest. Junior
Grace Hotaling recorded four shots (two on goal) in the match. Senior
Emma Lee and freshman
Brianna Bitz (one on goal) both tallied two shots in the match. Senior
Shannon Lee (on goal) and sophomore
Katie Saunders both recorded one shot each in the contest.
HOW THEY SCORED
GEORGE MASON
25' | Senior
Sara Chontosh scored off a corner kick from senior
Emma Lee.
65' |
Sara Chontosh puts one on the left side of the goal, assisted by junior
Grace Hotaling.
73' |
Sara Chontosh heads one into the net off an assist from
Emma Lee.
RHODE ISLAND
48' | Tierra Garniss scores her first goal of the season off an assist from Rebecca D'Anna.
65' | Cristina Sallent scores her first goal of the season off a free kick, unassisted.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Senior goalkeeper Louisa Moser recorded four saves in the win.
- Rhode Island's defense allowed 16 shots in fulltime.
- The Ram's recorded 12 shots (six on goal).
- Mason earned five corner kick opportunities, while Rhode Island notched six.
- Senior Sara Chontosh scored the game winning goal for the Patriots off an assist from fellow senior Emma Lee.
- Chontosh earns a spot in the record book for her hat-trick
- The Patriot's earned season highs in tonight's match: points (9), goals (3), and assists (3).
- Senior Sara Chontosh tallied six shots (four on goal) in the contest. Junior Grace Hotaling recorded four shots (two on goal) in the match.
- Senior Emma Lee and freshman Brianna Bitz (one on goal) both tallied two shots in the match. Senior Shannon Lee (on goal) and sophomore Katie Saunders both recorded one shot each in the contest.
- Seniors Naja Ashman, Sara Chontosh, Shannon Lee, and Louisa Moser , junior Kaitlyn Butcher, and sophomore Katie Saunders led the momentum for the Patriots as they each played 90 minutes for the Green & Gold on Thursday night.
FROM HEAD COACH MANYA PUPPIONE
"We started what we finished tonight against a very tough Rhode Island team. Every player did their role and more as we executed our overall game plan. I couldn't be prouder of this team because of who we were tonight. We played Mason soccer. We played together and brought the energy and fight. On Sunday, we have a tough game at Fordham to finish out our regular conference season."
UP NEXT
Mason heads to Fordham to take on the Rams on Sunday, October 24th, at Jack Coffey Field with kickoff set for 1 p.m. Fans can follow the contest via live stream.
