Williams Rolls Past Bowdoin 6-1 in Women's Soccer Semifinals
Courtesy Williams Sports Information
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Junior Brianna Wolfson scored three times Saturday to help top-seeded Williams College to a 6-1 victory over fifth-seeded Bowdoin in the semifinals of the 2008 NESCAC Women's Soccer Championship at Cole Field. Williams (15-0-1) advances to Sunday’s NESCAC championship game against second-seeded Amherst at 12:00 p.m.
Williams, the defending NESCAC champions, tied a single-game NESCAC Tournament record with its six-goal output. Wolfson also tied a single-game tournament record with her hat trick.
Bowdoin falls to 7-5-4 overall.
The Ephs outshot Bowdoin 21-9 and took a 1-0 lead just one minute and 46 seconds into the contest when midfielder Jackie Russo sent a long through ball down the middle of the field. Wolfson ran onto it, dribbled twice and slipped a shot underneath Polar Bear keeper Kelly Thomas and into the lower left-corner of the goal. It was the second fastest goal to start a game in NESCAC Tournament history.
Just under 15 minutes later, Russo
and Wolfson teamed up again, producing a carbon copy of the first
goal. Only 52 seconds later, Williams sophomore Sara Wild scored
off an assist from Gabrielle Woodson for a 3-0 lead with 27:40
remaining in the half.
Bowdoin did not go away, countering with a score of its own with
10:08 left in the half. Ellery Gould played a ball back to freshman
Anna Tachau at the top of the 18 and Tachau’s shot snuck in
under the crossbar to cut the Bowdoin deficit to 3-1.
Wolfson’s third goal came out of a goal-mouth scramble only 1:26 into the second stanza and made it 4-1.
Thomas made four saves in goal for Bowdoin. Lauren Sinnenberg made two for Williams.
