The 33rd-minute goal, which sealed Stony Brook’s second-ever America East title, is arguably the highlight of senior forward Manuela Corcho’s college career.
With Sunday's win, Stony Brook advances to its first America East Conference final since 2013. This also marks the first time in America East Conference history that a No. 5-ranked team has advanced to the final since the conference moved to a six-team playoff format in 2001.
The No. 5-seeded Stony Brook women’s soccer team took on the No. 4-seeded Hawks in the first round of the America East Conference championships, putting on a 90-minute display of dominance en route to shutting out the Hawks 2-0 Thursday evening.
Stony Brook Women’s Soccer’s final match of the regular season against Vermont ended in a 2-0 loss to the Catamounts on Sunday afternoon at Virtue Field in Burlington.
Francese fielded the ball in the attacking third, dribbling past her defender and another Hartford player and firing a shot from the corner of the penalty box that found the back of the net.
Stony Brook Women’s Soccer picked up its first conference win of the season in convincing fashion over UMass Lowell at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Thursday night.
After scoring 10 goals in the last two games, the Stony Brook women’s soccer team was unable to find the back of the net and fell to the Maine Black Bears 1-0 in conference play Sunday afternoon.
