By Sam Coombs

The SMCC Women’s soccer team played exceptionally well on Wednesday, October 1st against their rivals of CMCC. The women’s soccer team has struggled offensively throughout the season but you wouldn’t think so if you watched this game. They were successful on all levels and exploded for 8 goals beating the Mustangs of CMCC 8-0 in an YSCC conference battle.

Through the Seawolves first eight games of the season they only managed to score six goals, remaining competitive in the games because of strong play from goalie Aime Worcester, and with strong defensive play. To see the Seawolves play as well as they did in this one was a breath of fresh-air. The Seawolves scored five goals in the first half and in a span of four minutes scoring four goals. SMCC continually attacked the offensive zone, keeping the ball in their opponent’s defensive zone for the majority of the game. SMCC finished with 31 total shots, placing 24 shots on goal for the game. With that many shots on net it was only a matter of time until goal after goal was let in which is what happened to CMCC goaltender Jasmine Hatch who finished the game with 14 saves.

Danielle McCusker and Katy Cyr who both had hat tricks for the Seawolves led SMCC offensively. Taylor Clapp and Michaela Pratt also scored to help lead the offensive charge that the team had on this day.
SMCC women’s soccer hopes to build on this win and take away great things. This was by far the best performance of the season, as it showed that this team has great offensive capability, it was just a matter of finding it. The Seawolves have three games remaining against CMCC, St. Joes of Vermont and Unity. Two of these three teams they have already beaten so they have potential to end the season on an exclamation point.