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March 28, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Women’s soccer team wins both home games

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The women’s soccer team dominated both Brown University and Columbia University this week at Burnham Field. While Tuesday’s game vesus Brown was a non-league contest, the win kept momentum going for the Big Green (7-5-3, 3-2-0 Ivy) and the victory against Columbia moved the team into sole possession of third in the Ancient Eight.

Dartmouth continued its home dominance this weekend in a conference game against Columbia (7-5-3, 0-3-2 Ivy), when it outplayed the Lions for nearly all 90 minutes, ending the game with a 4-2 victory and outshooting the Lions 20-4.

“We were so fired up from Tuesday’s game against Brown,” co-captain Marina Moschitto ’14 said. “We formed some resiliency, started bouncing back and came with intensity from the time we hit the locker room until the end of the game.”

Victory appeared in question when the Lions scored an unassisted goal in the 24th minute.

“We really need to work on shifts in the momentum,” Brush said. “There are lulls sometimes, and we have to ride it out and switch our momentum without a goal being scored.”

The Big Green switched the pace immediately, answering Columbia’s goal with a perfect cross into the box, headed in by Moschitto in the 30th minute.

“To prepare for this game we basically did the same drills over and over,” Moschitto said. “We really focused on heading the ball so we could finish all the chances we create.”

The team attempted several headers throughout the game, including a near goal on an attempted diving header by co-captain Emma Brush ’13. The next goal, however, was a bomb from outside the box by Holly Patterson ’17.

“Two to one is the hardest score to keep going into the second half,” Moschitto said. “We needed the next goal, and we wanted it to come out in the first five or 10 minutes to make the victory clear.”

The next goal did not come until the 66th minute on a cross to Corey Delaney ’16 after some back and forth between the Lions and the Big Green.

After another goal by Moschitto in the 80th minute, Dartmouth stood well above the Lions and played conservatively, but was unable to stop Columbia’s goal in the closing seconds of the game.

“I think we wanted to make possession as a purpose, not just kicking the ball up the field,” Brush said. “Last year we were successful driving the ball wide and playing it over the top, but we’re developing new strategies this season.”

The Big Green similarly excelled on Tuesday, despite a scoreless first half against the Bears (7-4-1, 2-1-1, Ivy). The Big Green made four shots on cage in the first half, but the Brown keeper denied Lucielle Kozlov ’16, Jackie Friedman ’16 and Patterson’s chances. Overall, the home team outshot the Bears 9-1 in the opening half.

About halfway through the second half, the Big Green got on the board, but it was not from one of their players.

Co-captain Marina Moschitto ’14 sent the ball into the box from the left side of the field aimed at no one in particular, but the Bears’ defender misplayed the ball and booted it into her own net.

Ten minutes later, Moschitto scored Dartmouth’s second goal on a header off of a corner kick from Delaney, doubling the Big Green lead. Overall, Dartmouth posted 15 shots to Brown’s three and allowed no corner kicks. Keeper Casey Cousineau ’17 played her first 90-minute start and shut out as a member of the Big Green.

“The first game against Brown was a rough result for us,” co-captain Kim Rose ’13 said, pointing to a 1-0 defeat on the road. “We really wanted to leave our season beating Brown. This was for pride and shows who we really are.”

Although the win did not count towards the team’s league record, it boosted the team’s spirits.

“We had some extra motivation,” Rose said. “It was on our home field, and we really wanted to win it. There wasn’t a lot of pressure, so I think we performed better.”

Dartmouth travels to play Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., next Saturday.