Oct. 22, 2011

Box Score

Freshman F Jillian Ferro scored two goals as Pace University stunned UMass Lowell, 2-0, Saturday afternoon in a Northeast-10 Conference women’s soccer match in Briarcliff, N.Y.

The loss snapped UMass Lowell’s school record winning streak at eight games as it slipped to 10-3-2 overall and 9-2-2 in the NE-10 entering Wednesday’s clash at Assumption (7:00).

Pace captured its sixth straight match and improved to 8-7-1 overall and 7-6-1 in the Conference.

The Setters opened the scoring in the 19th minute when sophomore F Amanda Mundorf sent a ball over the top of the UMass Lowell defense, enabling for Ferro to slot home past freshman GK Jane Hatzikonstantis (Tewksbury, Mass.).

“Pace is a tough opponent,” said head coach Elie Monteiro. “On the day, they were really, really motivated. We just never matched their intensity. They were very direct. We found it hard to put the ball down and play. It was just a bad day for us.”

The River Hawks came out in the second half and unleashed seven of the first eight shots on goal, but to no avail. Pace doubled its score in the 84th when Ferro took a failed clearance in the box and tucked it inside the low left corner of the goal.

UMass Lowell outshot the Setters 18-10 overall and 10-6 on target. Hatzikonstantis stopped four shots en route to her first loss of the season for UMass Lowell. Junior GK Courtany Hagen had 10 saves for Pace.