Tori Alfero
1
Seton Hall SHU (2-7-4, 0-4 BIG EAST)
4
Winner Villanova VU (9-4, 3-1 BIG EAST)
Seton Hall SHU
(2-7-4, 0-4 BIG EAST)
1
Final
4
Villanova VU
(9-4, 3-1 BIG EAST)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Seton Hall SHU 0 1 1
Villanova VU 3 1 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Wildcats Beat Pirates After Strong First Half

Villanova, Pa – After scoring three goals in just over four minutes in the first half, Villanova was able to beat Seton Hall 4-1.
 
The first two Wildcat goals were scored by Sophomore Bri Austin. Her first came on a penalty kick in the 18th minute, and her second came on a cross from Allison Breed in the 20th minute. Austin leads the team with 17 points on the season. 
 
The Wildcats never looked back as they scored their third of the game just two minutes later as Chloe O'Neill got on the board with her fourth goal of the season assisted by Niki Molina and Kristin Barbour.

Head Coach Chris McLain stated, "This was a great win today. A great win for the current season but also great win for the program and Villanova University. We focused in preparation on being more consistent with every small detail. Today the small details clicked and we played 22 players and they all contributed in the victory. So you can imagine this was a special day for us."
 
A Natalie Fouque goal made it 4-0 in the 55th minute on a beautiful shot past the goalkeeper. Barbour set her up with a perfect pass and in reward picked up her second assist of the game.
 
Molina leads the team in assists with six and Barbour trails her by just one sitting at five.
 
Seton Hall got on the board in the 75thminute, but it was too little too late.

Assistant Coach Daniel Clitnovici stated, "We are happy with the final result today. We knew it was going to be a tough game against an opponent who was hungry for a win. We spent the week focusing ourselves to make sure we continued to elevate our play from game to game. Today we got better. Really proud of the players and all staff today. It was a solid team and program win."
 
Goalkeeper Hensley Hancuff picked up the win playing just under 81 minutes for the Wildcats. She improved her GAA to 1.07 and her save percentage to .791 in her freshman campaign.

This is the first time Villanova has won nine games in a single season since our current freshmen were in second grade (2009). Also, the last time the Wildcats have won three straight BIG EAST games was over a decade ago.
 
The Wildcats will now take to the road to take on ranked Georgetown Sunday afternoon.
 
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