PURCHASE, N.Y. - Off the heels of an attacking barrage totaling 54 shots, the Manhattanville College women's soccer team defeated Purchase in the women's soccer edition of the Battle of Anderson Hill Road, 7-0, on Tuesday evening. The Valiants now reside at 5-4-2 on the season with an even mark of 2-2-2 in conference play.
The Valiants took 30 shots in the first half, ten of which were on target. Kelly Barrera (Port Chester, NY/Port Chester High School) started off her first career hat trick in the 24th minute after Skyla Marrone (East Northport, N.Y./St. Anthony's) found Barrera in the box, putting home the first goal of the match. She then followed up with another just four minutes later, after Stephanie Sanchez (Rye, N.Y./The Masters School) beat the Panthers' backline, registering a shot-on-goal, when Barrera was there to clean it up with her left foot, pinning the contest at 2-0.
Kailey Roxo (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) then scored her first collegiate goal minutes later, off an assist from Barrera as the Valiant attack did not let off the gas. Manhattanville would make it 4-0 before the halftime whistle as Natalie Aracena (Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale Kingsbride Academy) found the back of the net from a set piece following a corner kick, as the ball fell to her left foot after a Jennifer Xiong (Connelly Springs, N.C./East Burke) deflection.
Kelly Barrera (Port Chester, NY/Port Chester High School) then capped off her career night in the 83rd minute, once again finding the netting after cleaning up a Mia Castaneda (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) shot saved by Carolyn Hough, to put the Valiants up 5-0. The duo would connect again minutes later as Casteneda calmly slotted home a goal into the bottom right corner from a Barrera-centering pass, for Barrera's eighth point of the night. Evelyn Zumba (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill) would pin the contest at 7-0 shortly after, cleaning up a save by new goalkeeper Rowe Davenport, for her first collegiate goal.
Barrera's performance made her the 12th player in program history to record eight or more points in a game, the first since Aracena notched eight points against Old Westbury in 2021.
Macey Girard (Branford, Conn./Branford) kept a clean sheet with three saves for 87:30 after she was substituted off in favor of Nicole Camacho (Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy) for her first action, in a night filled with firsts for the Valiants.
All told, 15 different Valiants registered a shot in the contest with Xiong's seven leading the pack. Barrera, Roxo, Jenna Moraglia (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford), and Alessia Cioffi (Pawling, N.Y./Pawling) all registered six shots, with the latter two coming off the bench to tally those statistics.
The Valiants also held the corner kick advantage eight to three.
Up Next
The Valiants head to Kings Point, N.Y. for a match rescheduled from September 23 against United States Merchant Marine Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Brooks Stadium & Captain James Harvey Tomb Field.
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