Dudley, Mass. (10/2/23) – The Nichols College Women's Soccer team fell to the Emmanuel College Saints 3-0 in a non-conference matchup on Vendetti Field on Monday afternoon.
 
With the loss, Nichols falls to 2-7-1 (0-3 CCC) the year, and the Saints move to 9-1 (7-0 GNAC) on the year.
 
The Saints opened the scoring in the 3^rd minute when Libby Tennant scored her second goal of the year off a pass from Lily Tobin. Later in the first half, the Saints extended their lead to two when Sarah Dullaghan scored off a rebounded shot from Lauren Miley. The Saints would sit on a 2-0 lead at halftime.
 
The two-goal lead would be extended to 3 in the 52^nd minute, when Maya Daryanani would score her fifth goal of the year assisted by Dullaghan. The Saints would continue to hold the shutout for the remainder of the match.
 
The Bison trailed the Saints by just one shot in the match (16-15), with Gaby Baker stopping all 7 shots the Bison put on goal. In net for the Bison, Adie Hughes made 7 saves on 10 shots in 74 minutes of play. Senior Madeleine Soudant would stop 1 shot in her 16 minutes of relief action, recording her first minutes in goal this season, and maintaining her clean sheet of game action dating back to October 2^nd 2021.

The Women's Soccer Team returns to action on Wednesday October 4^th as they hit the road to Plymouth State for a non-conference match with the Panthers. They are set to hit the pitch at 3PM.