Negrey Nets Pair as Garnet Ground Shorewomen
CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- The Swarthmore women's soccer team tied its season high with four goals, rolling to a 4-1 road win over Centennial Conference foe Washington (Md.) on a damp Saturday afternoon in Chestertown, MD.
The Garnet (7-1-1, 3-1 CC) are off to their best nine-game overall start and four-game Centennial start in school history.
Garnet senior forward Natalie Negrey (pictured) got the visitors on the board early when her shot from the right side found the back of the net just 7:52 into the match. Washington came back to tie the game just under eight minutes later when Megan Russell fed a wide-open Sarah Yarbrough for a goal.
The score remained knotted at one until, with under five minutes to play in the half, Negrey passed the ball behind Washington netminder Caroline Grier to teammate Katie Kanuka '10, who had no trouble converting the empty-netter.
Swarthmore extended their lead to 3-1 with 36:32 to play when Danielle Tocchet '08 scored her first of the year off a Kanuka feed. The Garnet continued to control the flow of the game and finished off the Shorewomen with 5:14 remaining when Negrey scored her second unassisted goal of the match. Freshman midfielder Liz Lopez, who had three shots and was awarded the game ball by her teammates following the contest, made nice play to help Negrey get free for the goal.
The two-goal game for Negrey was her first since September 1, 2004 vs. Neumann.
Kanuka's goal, her conference-leading ninth of the year, moves her within four of the program's all-time single-season scoring record, held by Kristen Tucker '90.
Sophomore Anna de Regt played the first 76:44 in goal for Swarthmore, making one save. Junior captain Kristen Traband played the final 13:16 and did not have to make a stop.
The Garnet's dominance of the match was reflected in their 26-3 shot advantage.
Swarthmore will look to make it three wins in a row on Wednesday evening when they host CC-foe Ursinus at 7:00 p.m.