PLYMOUTH, N.H.   –  Six different players scored as the University of Southern Maine Huskies earned a 6-1 win over the Plymouth State University Panthers in a Little East Conference women's soccer game Wednesday afternoon at Arold Field.
 
Rookie Meghan Przybilla (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village) had a goal and an assist, while juniors Bridgette Toland (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown) and Kadynne Smith (Biddeford, Maine), and senior Aly Veilleux (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Memorial) each recorded their first goals of the season.
 
The Huskies have scored 41 goals through 10 games this season and have outscored their opponents 41-14. Southern Maine has outscored its LEC opponents 15-3.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (7-2-1, 3-0 LEC)
Plymouth State (3-6, 0-3 LEC)
 
Today's game marks the 41st meeting between the University of Southern Maine and Plymouth State University.  In the last five meetings, Southern Maine is 5-1 against Plymouth State earning a 6-1 win at home in 2023.  Plymouth State leads the overall series 25-14-1.
 
 
How It Happened:

• After a scoreless 32 minutes, Husky senior Catriona Gould (Freeport, Maine) broke free for the firfst goal of the game in the 33^rd minute after an outstanding lead ball into the box from freshman Makyla Magid (Golden, Colo./Lakewood).
• Southern Maine scored in the 42^nd and 43^rd minute to make it 3-0 headed into the halftime break. Smith lasered in a shot from outside of the box off of a corner kick following the double assist from Magid and Przybilla, before Przybilla converted the first of two penalty kicks awarded to the Huskies in the game.
• The Panthers took one back from the Huskies in the 53^rd minute when Nevaeh Petruzzi volleyed in a corner kick service from Olivia Howard to make it 3-1 early in the second half, but Southern Maine responded with three more goals for the 6-1 final.
• Toland scored the Huskies' fourth goal of the game in the 68^th minute battling her way in the box and pounding the ball into the net for a 4-1 USM lead.  Veilleux made it 5-1 after she was brought down in the box and awarded a penalty in the 71^st, connecting on the shot to the right of the keeper. 
• USM scored its final goal of the contest when sophomore Kayla O'Connor (Perth, Australia/Hamelin-Laie International School) completed the assist from junior Devon Gatz (Millis, Mass.).

 
The Goalkeepers:
SM, Lucy McLaughlin (1-0), 87:13, 1 GA, 2 Saves; Julia Kratzer, 2:47, 0 GA, 0 Saves
PSU, Christa Giansiracusa (0-1-0), 90:00, 6 GA, 6 Saves
 
Inside The Stats:

• Southern Maine outshot the Panthers 20-5 (12-3 on goal) and had an 8-3 lead in corner kicks.
• McLaughlin's win is the first of her intercollegiate career. She has played in three games this season, earning the start against the Panthers.  She has a 0.69 GAA.  
• Southern Maine has 13 players with at least one goal this season.  Gould leads Southern Maine with nine goals and six assists for 24 points.  Junior Riley Reitchel (Palmero, Maine/Erskine Academy) has seven goals and three assists for 17 points in seven games. McKenna has five goals and 2 assists for 12 points.

 
Up Next:
Southern Maine travels to no. 14 Williams College on Sunday, October 6 (1:00 pm) before facing local opponent Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on Wednesday, October 9 (6:00 pm) in Standish.  USM rounds out its road swing at Rhode Island College on Saturday, October 12 (2:00 pm).  The Huskies will be back home on Hannaford Field on Wednesday, October 16 (6:00 pm).
           
 
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