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Niagara Women's Soccer vs. Cornell
0
Niagara NIA (3-5-0, 0-1-0)
4
Winner Quinnipiac QUI (5-1-1, 1-0-0)
Niagara NIA
(3-5-0, 0-1-0)
0
Final
4
Quinnipiac QUI
(5-1-1, 1-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Niagara NIA 0 0 0
Quinnipiac QUI 0 4 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Bobcats Defeat Niagara, 4-0

HAMDEN, CONN. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-1-1, 1-0-0 MAAC) picked up a 4-0 win over Niagara (3-5-0, 0-1-0) Saturday afternoon to open MAAC women's soccer action. 
 
Game Recap
First Half
• Niagara quickly put pressure on Quinnipiac as Emma Bough took the game's first shot less than a minute into play. The shot didn't find the back of the net but gave NU a corner opportunity. 
• Starting goalie Felicia Grufman was tested in the fifth minute of play as Quinnipiac got its first shot off for the game. 
• Bough would put a shot on goal in the eighth minute of action, this one saved by the Bobcat keeper, Meghan Phillips. 
• Emma Davies would put one wide left of the goal minutes later as NU kept the early pressure on. 
• Niagara would outshoot Quinnipiac 3-2 for the remainder of the first half as the game would remain tied 0-0 at the break. 
 
Second Half
• Quinnipiac would score in the 48th minute via a penalty kick goal by Courtney Chochol.
• Davies would be sent off in the 59th minute, putting Niagara a player down for the remainder of the game. 
• Quinnipiac score its second goal in the 69th minute, this one off the foot of Rebecca Cooke.
• The Bobcats would add two more in 27 seconds to take a commanding 4-0 lead over NU. 
• Amanda Cripps took the lone shot for Niagara in the 51st minute of play in the second half. 
• The Purple Eagles did take a corner in the second half, but the set piece did not result in a scoring chance for NU. 
 
Niagara Notes
• Niagara falls to 3-6-1 all-time against Quinnipiac. 
• The Purple Eagles took eight shots with just one attempt going on target. 
• Niagara finished the game with three corners.
• Grufman finished with three saves. 
 
Up Next
• The Purple and White will return home to Niagara Field on Saturday, Sept. 24, when it hosts Manhattan for their first MAAC home game at noon.
 
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