SIROIS, PRIDE SINK BUCCANEERS 2-0

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – Senior Michelle Sirois (Easton, Mass.) converted a penalty kick 6:50 into the second half to provide Regis with the only goal it would need in notching a 2-0 non-league college women's soccer victory over Massachusetts Maritime Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium.

The two squads played a scoreless opening 45 minutes of action before Sirois converted the penalty kick opportunity (her second marker of the season) for the visiting Pride (3-1) after the host Buccaneers (0-3) committed a hand ball foul in the box. Regis took advantage of an own goal less than seven minutes later that provided the final margin, as a Massachusetts Maritime defender deflected a clearing attempt leading to the second tally.

Freshman Rachel Gagnon (Ashford, Conn.) picked up the win in goal for Regis with a pair of first half saves, while freshman Katie Levesque (Wilmot, N.H.) made 14 stops in net for Massachusetts Maritime as the Pride outshot the Buccaneers by a 23-5 margin for the match, including all 12 shots in the second half of play alone.

Regis will be idle until next Tuesday evening when the Pride hosts Eastern Nazarene in a non-league match in Weston, Mass. beginning at 6:00 p.m. Massachusetts Maritime heads to Westfield, Mass. on Saturday afternoon to take on Westfield State in its Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference opener beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Release courtesy of Massachusetts Maritime Academy Sports Information