Basile-Nassif Interview | Interview with Coach Jeff Parker
HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 30, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's soccer team closed out the month of September with a 6-1 non-conference home victory against Eastern University under the lights at the DeBaun Athletic Complex on Tuesday.
With the win, Stevens is now 6-4 overall.
The Ducks came out aggressively in the first two minutes with a pair of shots, one on goal. Senior
Mariah Cleveland (Los Gatos, Calif.) ripped the opening strike just 43 seconds into the match but her attempt was saved. Forty-five seconds later, freshman
Sammy Mount (The Woodlands, Texas) pushed her shot just wide of goal.
Cleveland put Stevens ahead, 1-0, in the 13th minute off a failed clear by Eastern. The Eagles attempted to send a threat from Stevens towards the right sideline, but Cleveland was there to intercept the clear and shoot from 20 yards out for her first goal of the season.
The Ducks then went up by a 2-0 difference 3:20 later off a perfect through ball from senior
Stephanie Basile (Macungie, Pa.) to classmate
Ann Heine (Sammamish, Wash.) that set up a 1v1 opportunity. Cleveland also picked up an assist on the score after Basile sent the service off a one-touch.
Heine found the back of the net again in the 39th minute off a corner. On the initial ball into the box, sophomore
Raba Nassif (Northvale, N.J.) took the first shot, but it was turned away and immediately sent back in from Heine.
Nassif closed out the first half with her first of two markers on the evening in the 41st minute. She ran down a pass sophomore
Rachel Chavkin (Franklin Park, N.J.) that was sent from midfield and sent a strike over the reach of Eastern's goalie. Nassif corralled the ball in open space after outracing the Eastern backline.
Stevens' lead ballooned to five goals on Nassif's second goal of the contest in the 50th minute. The scoring chance started off the foot of sophomore Gabby
Mathelier (Pomona, N.Y.), who found Heine on a run down the right side, and after a quick settle, fed Nassif open within the left side of the six.
Mount notched the first collegiate goal in the 57th minute by way of a header off a corner kick from Cleveland.
Eastern finally got on the board nearly two minutes later off a failed clear by the Ducks.
Stevens outshot the Eagles, 32-7, and held Eastern shot-less in the first half, while the Ducks took 21.
Freshman
Lindsey Mahnken (Bayville, N.J.) earned the victory for Stevens in 45 minutes of action. Junior
Evelyn Ting (Gaithersburg, Md.) entered in the second half and made one save.
The Ducks are back at home on Saturday, October 4 at 2 p.m. when they take on Empire 8 Conference foe and No. 20 Ithaca College.
