Seton Hall University
1-1-1, 0-0-0
Lehigh
1-1-0, 0-0-0
Davis Scores In 2-1 Loss To Lehigh
8/22/2024 10:24:00 PM | Women's Soccer
South Orange, N.J. — Seton Hall women's soccer suffered its first loss of the season on Thursday evening despite the first career goal from freshman Nina Davis (Ramsey, N.J.) as Lehigh topped the Pirates, 2-1.
Davis was assisted on her goal by senior Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.) and senior Caroline Lipton (Alexandria, Va.). The Pirates (1-1-1) will look to bounce back on Sunday when the face Rider at 5 p.m. in Lawrenceville.
How It Happened
It was an even first 30-plus minutes in terms of possession but it was the Pirates who produced more quality chances. Senior Skyler Matusz (Kearny, N.J.) flicked a pass back to senior Sophie Liston (Newcastle West, Ireland) who got a good shot off but couldn't finish. Freshman Tori Angelo (Sellersville, Pa.) also had daylight in the scoring area and fired off a strong attempt that was also stopped by the Lehigh keeper.
Seton Hall finally broke through in the 38th minute when Lipton found Tavana in the box following a throw-in. Tavana sent a crossing pass in front of the net that found Davis in stride as she put Seton Hall 1-0.
Lehigh's attack was improved coming out of halftime and it took advantage of a couple of Seton Hall miscues defensively to score two unanswered goals that put them ahead 2-1. Despite playing a player down for the final 16 minutes, the Pirates still managed to get off four shots including three that were on target but they couldn't find the equalizer.
News & Notes
- Four Seton Hall freshmen found themselves in the starting 11; Olivia Beauvois (Windsor, Conn.), Kylie Ray (Hampden, Mass.), Kailey McCormick (Mineola, N.Y.) and Tori Angelo (Sellersville, Pa.).
- Tavana enters the top 10 in career assists tonight with nine following her assist on Thursday night.
- Tavana now has 45 career points which ranks fourth in program history.
- Lipton is up to five career assists and seven points in her career.
- Senior Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany) tallied a career-best four shots, breaking her previous personal best set in this season's opener against Marist.
- Tavana, Pucci, Ray and Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) played the full 90 minutes.
Team Stats
Nina Davis (1)
Assisted By: Caroline Lipton , Natalie Tavana
GOAL by SHU Davis, Nina Assist by Lipton, Caroline and Tavana, Natalie.
38:54
Zoe Schutter (1)
Assisted By: Esther Brossard
GOAL by LEH Schutter, Zoe Assist by Brossard, Esther.
48:47
Aminah Baruwa (1)
GOAL by LEH Baruwa, Aminah.
51:32
