Arnold leads women’s soccer past USM

Katrina Holt had an assist Wednesday. (Dean Denis Photography)

WATERVILLE, Maine — Laura Arnold (Dallas, Texas) played a part in all of Colby College’s goals in a 3-0 non-conference win over University of Southern Maine on Wednesday at Harold Alfond Stadium.

 

The game was moved from the Colby Soccer Field to Harold Alfond Stadium because of the heavy rain in the area. The rain decreased as the game wore on Wednesday.

 

Colby (3-3-1 overall) scored first at 5:03 of the opening half when Arnold kept the ball in play on the right end line and managed to push a pass back to about the penalty kick mark. Ally Ingraham (Morris Plains, N.J.) was streaking up the middle and nailed a high shot for the score.

 

The Huskies (3-5) managed to keep it a 1-0 game at halftime. The Mules had a 19-1 edge in shots, but 12 came after intermission.

 

Arnold scored her first goal of the game on a blast to the lower right corner of the goal. She was led perfectly on the play by a nice pass by Lauren McCarthy (Lynnfield, Mass.) at 50:58.

 

The Mules put the game away at 55:26 on Arnold’s fourth goal of the year. Katrina Holt (Seattle, Wash.) got some room on the right side and her centering pass was one-timed by Arnold. USM goalkeeper Marissa Temple (Grafton, Mass.) pushed the hard shot into the crossbar, but the ball came directly back down and she was unable to keep it from going in the goal.

 

Ashley Conley (Dedham, Mass.) played 75:10 for Colby in goal and made one save. CC Pelletier (West Newfield, Maine) had the lone shot, but her hard shot was kicked away by Conley in the first half. Nora Hanson (San Francisco, Calif.) played the final 14:50 in goal for the Mules.

Temple was solid in goal for USM, stopping seven shots.

 

Colby has allowed just one goal in its last three games heading into Saturday’s contest at Middlebury College. Southern Maine heads to Plymouth State on Saturday.

 

Colby 3, Southern Maine 0

USM     0#0–0

Colby    1#2–3

 

Scoring summary

1st half

C: Ally Ingraham (Laura Arnold), 5:03

2nd half

C: Laura Arnold (Lauren McCarthy), 50:58

C: Laura Arnold (Katrina Holt), 55:26

 

Shots: USM 1, Colby 19. Corner kicks: USM 0, Colby 2. Goalies: Marissa Temple (USM, 90:00, 3 GA, 7 saves); Ashley Conley (Colby, 75:10, 0 GA, 1 save), Nora Hanson (Colby, 14:50, 0 GA, 0 saves).