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Richardson, MCLA Women Earn Shutout on Road
01:11AM / Wednesday, September 05, 2018
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HARTFORD, Conn. --  MCLA's Hannah Van de Water converted in the 20th minute and Hoosac Valley alumna Megan Richardson stopped nine shots to earn the shutout as the duo led the women's soccer program to a gritty 1-0 road win over St. Joseph (CT) on Tuesday.
 
MCLA is now 1-1 on the season while the Blue Jays fall to 2-1.
 
The Trailblazers (1-1) were outshot 18-3 and USJ (2-1) held a 7-0 edge in corners, but Van de Water made her one opportunity count. She took a nice feed from Caitlyn Maloney and deposited it in the net for her first goal of the season and a 1-0 lead. MCLA was outshot 8-1 in the opening half, but Richardson stopped them all.
 
The hosts kept up the pressure in the second half of play, but again came up empty.  Richardson and the Trailblazer defense kept them at bay until the final minutes when USJ had a golden chance to send it to overtime.  Off a corner kick in the final minute, USJ's Amanda Ghent ripped a shot through traffic that fooled Richardson as she was shielded.  An MCLA defender cleared the ball off the line however, in effect preserving the win for the Trailblazers.
 
Richardson improves to 1-1 on the season for the Trailblazers.
 
Megan Ricci didn't record a save for USJ as she dropped to 2-1 on the season.
 
MCLA is back in action on Friday when it travels to Russell Sage for a 7 p.m. kickoff in Albany.
 
Volleyball
HOLYOKE, Mass. -- Mount Holyoke's Jamesa Allen and Sasha Simine combined for 21 kills and Brayden Walden set the offense up with 27 assists in leading the Lions past the visiting MCLA Trailblazers 3-0 Tuesday in non-conference action.
 
MHC (2-1) took the opening set 25-15 and the second 25-16. It closed out the Trailblazers in the third 25-13.
 
No Trailblazer recorded more than four kills.  Reagan Scattergood and Sara LaFreniere each ended with 4. MCLA (1-3) was hampered by 19 attack errors in the contest and an additional 8 service errors.
 
MCLA is back in action on Thursday when it opens up at home against Anna Maria at 6 p.m.
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