CARLISLE, Pa. - Junior defender
Lila Brown nodded home a brilliant free kick from senior
Emily Dunkel in the 51st-minute and senior keeper
Sophia Kavulich made a few key saves down the stretch to secure a 1-0 win for the Dickinson women's soccer team in their season opener over Penn State-Harrisburg at Miller Memorial Field on Friday night.
- Both keepers were tested inside the opening five minutes with Serenity Hill being stopped by Kavulich, while Sydney Mulka had the answer for Maddie St. Amand.
- Dickinson recorded the next three shots thanks to Ava Prisco, Brown and St. Amand forcing one stop by Mulka, before Kavulich turned aside both Mackenzie Mowery and Diana Pon keeping it scoreless at the half-hour mark.
- Lauren Ervin, Isra Khan, Brown and Prisco each fired towards Mulka over the final 15 minutes, but were unable to tickle the twine sending the match to the half at 0-0.
- The Red and White finally solved Mulka at the 50:15 mark when Dunkel launched a free-kick into the box after a foul by Kylie Yap which was knocked home by Brown for the 1-0 lead. It was almost 2-0, two minutes later but Ashley McSweeney missed to the left.
- Following a save by Kavulich on Julia Hughes, three consecutive DC corner kicks led to chances from Charlotte Hare, Bridget Merkel and Brown which yielded no results into the 70th.
- The Lions tallied five shots over the ensuing ten minutes, but only tasked Kavulich with making one stop on Pon.
- Dickinson would be the one on the attack over the final eight minutes with Brown and Prisco combining for three shots to kill the game off.
- Goals - Brown (1)
- Assist - Dunkel (1)
- Shots - Brown (7), Prisco (5)
- Saves - Kavulich (5)
- Shots - Hughes (5), Pon (3)
- Saves - Mulka (4)
- Dickinson (1-0-0) will return to Miller Memorial Field on Tuesday night at 6:30 for another non-conference fixture against the Bulldogs of DeSales University.
