CALDWELL, N.J. – The HFU women's soccer team controlled play at Caldwell on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Cougars 3-0 to extend its unbeaten run to eight for the first time 2010.
After three attempts in the opening 6:27, the Tigers broke through via
Allison Loper's (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy (Georgian Court)) run into the box in 14th minute. It was
Jacqueline Ziegler (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) who found her, and after beating a defender she calmly slotted into the right corner.
Gianna Monaco (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) then blocked the Caldwell goalkeeper's attempted clearance in the 55th minute, leading to an easy tap-in.
Megan Kennedy (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) then closed out the scoring with her first career goal 2:31 ahead of the final whistle when she chested home
Maddie Maguire's (Sewell, N.J./Nazareth Academy (Rider)) cross at the back post.
Brianna Pudlo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert) made three of her four saves in the first half for her third consecutive shutout and fifth this season.
Inside the Box Score
- Monaco's goal was her fourth of the year, now tied with Ziegler for the team lead, while Loper's score was her second
- Ziegler is now tied with Loper for the team lead with four assists, one ahead of Maguire
- Holy Family doubled up Caldwell in attempts, 14-6, and tripled up the Cougars in shots on goal, 12-4
- The 12 attempts on net were the Tigers' second-most this season
How it Happened
First Half
- Pudlo made saves 45 seconds apart in the second and third minutes
- The Tigers' first shot on goal, by Ziegler, came just under two minutes later
- That began a stretch of eight straight attempts for HFU, beginning with Hannah Florentino (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) shooting wide in the sixth before Monaco was denied in the seventh
- Monaco worked the keeper again two and a half minutes following Loper's goal, and Izzy Mignon (Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks East) shot wide just over a minute after that
- Maura Kilkenny (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Little Flower) and Brynn Hess (Benton, Pa./Benton) had attempts stopped just over two minutes apart in the 22nd and 24th
- Pudlo was forced back into action in the 29th
- Maguire had the last shot, on net, of the half in the 31st minute
Second Half
- Aside from Monaco's goal, the only attempt in the opening 25 minutes of the second half was a Caldwell header wide in the 54th
- Holy Family's first attempt following Monaco's goal came when Loper tested the keeper in the 71st
- Brynn Hess (Benton, Pa./Benton) was denied just over 10 minutes later, 20 seconds before the Cougars shot high
- Maguire had her second shot on net in the 84th
- Pudlo made her only second half save on a header in the 87th minute, 1:03 prior to Kennedy's goal
Up Next
The Tigers return home for the first time in two and half weeks on Tuesday when they hosts Wilmington at 6:30 p.m.