GORHAM, Maine  –  Junior Riley Reitchel (Palermo, Maine/Erskine Academy) scored a hat trick, and four different players scored, as the University of Southern Maine Huskies rolled over the UMaine Fort Kent Bengals 8-0 in a non-conference women's soccer game Saturday night at Hannaford Field.
 
The Huskies scored four goals in each half in the victory, and led 3-0 before 20 minutes had expired in the contest.  Southern Maine held the Bengals scoreless, and did not allow a shot until late in the second half.
 
The Records:
UMaine Fort Kent (3-2-1)
Southern Maine (4-1-0)
 
Today's game marked the fourth meeting between the University of Southern Maine and the UMaine at Fort Kent Bengals, and the first since the 2011 season. Southern Maine leads the overall series 3-1. UMFK defeated the Huskies 3-0 in their last meeting (2011). The Huskies earned a pair of wins, 5-0, 5-1, over the Bengals in 1993.
 
 
How It Happened:

• Reitchel put the Huskies on the front foot scoring the first of her three goals in the game in the ninth minute off of an outstanding ball played in from senior Ashley Sabatino (Scarborough, Maine). 
• Senior Julia McKenna (Windham, Maine) doubled the Huskies lead in the 14^th minute for the first of her two goals in the game.  Senior Mia Sargent (Portland, Maine/Deering) earned the assist after an outstanding individual effort carrying the ball up the field and freeing McKenna into space. McKenna scored again in the 19^th minute this time on a pass from Reitchel who pressured the Bengal defense into a turnover.
• Reitchel made it 4-0 USM in the 22^nd minute and the score stood through the half.
• Southern Maine freshman Makyla Magid (Golden, Colo./Lakewood) notched her fourth goal of the season in the 56^th minute to make it 5-0. Magid used her speed to pressure the goalkeeper into a turnover, and then won the battle to knock the ball in.
• Sophomore Kayla O'Connor (Perth, Australia/Hamelin-Laie International School) scored the Huskies next two goals in the 74^th and 85^th minutes.  O'Connor tapped in her first intercollegiate goal on an outstanding ball in from freshman Meghan Przybilla (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village), and then netted the brace in the after McKenna headed on a ball served in from the win from senior Catriona Gould (Freeport, Maine).
• Reitchel closed the game chipping the keeper before time expired on a feed from Przybilla for the 8-0 final.

 
The Goalkeepers:
UMFK, Dreanna Thaw (3-2-1), 90:00, 8 GA, 6 saves
SM, Hunter Stonebraker (1-0); 64:42, 0 GA, 0 Saves; Lucy McLaughlin, 25:18, 0 GA, 1 Save
 
Inside The Stats:

• Reitchel's hat trick is the first of her career.  The Huskies' junior forward has seven goals and three assists for 17 points this season and has scored in each of the Huskies' five games this season. 
• McKenna's two goals and an assist in tonight's game gives her four goals and two assists on the season for 10 points.  She has 25 goals and 11 assists for 61 points in her 47 game career.
• Gould's assist in tonight's game give her 21 in her career and sets a new career record for the Huskies. Gould surpassed the former mark of 20 previously held by Ciera Berthiaume (2018-19, 21-22).
• O'Connor's two goals are the first of her intercollegiate career.
• Southern Maine has outscored its opponents 26-9 this season.

 
Up Next:
Southern Maine hosts nationally-ranked Bowdoin College on Tuesday (7:00 pm). The Huskies begin their Little East Conference competition on the road at Eastern Connecticut State on Saturday, September 21 (1:00 pm). 
           
 
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