Wildcats Blank Nighthawks in Soccer Action

Junior Wildcat goal keeper Samantha Gunseth (Swanzey, N.H.) notched her first shut-out on the year facing 13 shots while tallying five saves.

The trio of sophomore forward Sandra DeMoura Caldas (Leal Da Camara, Portugal), sophomore forward Jacqui Siddle (Palmer, Mass.) and senior defender Victoria Malanowski (Windsor, Conn.) had a field day at the expense of the Nighthawks.

DeMoura Caldas recorded her first collegiate hat-trick along with her first three goals on the season in today’s outing. Teammate Siddle put her foot on six of the seven goals for the Wildcats. She tallied two goals and four assist for eight points. Siddle now leads her team with five goals and four assists for the 2008 campaign. Malanowski netted two goals and one assist. DeMoura Caldas and Malanowski are now tied at three goals for the year.

Siddle started the ball rolling in the 6th minute when her dynamic partner for the day Malanowski drew the Nighthawks’ goalie away and passed the ball inside where Siddle found the left corner of the net. This would eventually be the game winning shot. Siddle and Malanowski would combine for three other goals both taking turns scoring. Malanowski netted the second in the 10th minute and fourth in the 23rd minute with the help of Siddle. Siddle tallied the sixth goal in the 76th minute.

DeMoura Caldas broke up the monotony by grabbing the third, fifth and seventh goal with the help of Siddle, freshman defender Christina Calabrese (Hamilton, N.J.) and junior defender Christine Hollingworth (Lenox, Mass.). Caldas netted the final goal in 78th minute after a break-away up the middle. This would prove to be her final run as head coach Kerri Verdecchia would finally make some substitutions.

Newbury’s keeper Anastasia Tridenti (Gloucester, R.I.) suffered the loss facing 23 shots giving up seven goals while making six saves. Despite playing one man down, the Nighthawks did have a few nice offensive pushes with lone freshman forward Rachel Wysznski (Wilbraham, Mass.) taking five shots of which two were on goal. Fellow freshman midfielder Jessica Graus (Rochester, N.Y.) tallied six goals and three shots on goal.

Shots were 23 to 17 in Bay Path’s favor as well as seven to three in corner kicks. Newbury had six saves to the Wildcats five saves. Fouls were eleven to four with the home team taking more whistles.