DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. –
Jacqueline Ziegler (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) scored with 2:10 remaining to cut the deficit to 2-1, but the HFU women's soccer team could not produce one final threat in a loss at 2021 NCAA Tournament participant Mercy on Tuesday afternoon.
Two goals just under six minutes apart in the opening 16 minutes turned out to be all the Mavericks would need, despite the Tigers producing the final six attempts of the contest.
Inside the Box Score
- Brianna Pudlo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert) made six saves to move into seventh in program history with 157 for her career
- After Mercy held an 11-2 advantage in attempts in the first half, HFU outshot the Mavericks 8-4 over the final 45 minutes
- Hannah Florentino (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) tied a match-high with three shots
How it Happened
First Half
- Pudlo made her first save in the 12th minute, before the Mavericks missed wide on a follow-up
- Brynn Hess (Benton, Pa./Benton) registered HFU's first attempt, which was saved, in the 19th
- Pudlo produced back-to-back stops both one minute later and in the 26th as well
- Florentino forced the final save of the opening 45 minutes 45 seconds later
Second Half
- Allison Loper (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy (Georgian Court)) had the first shot on goal in the 60th minute
- Pudlo made her only two second half stops 47 seconds apart in the 76th and 77th
- Holy Family's late pressure began in the 78th minute, when Megan Kennedy (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) forced the first of three saves over the final 12:21
- Florentino missed high right 26 seconds later
- Sarah Szychulski (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) had back-to-back attempts just under three minutes apart, the first of which was saved in the 81st
- Maura Kilkenny (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Little Flower) was denied 54 seconds prior to Ziegler's goal
Up Next
Holy Family returns to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play on Saturday, hosting Felciain at 12 p.m.
