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Women’s College Soccer
Southern Maine Opens with 10-0 Win over SUNY Maritime

GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Caitlin Brown (Camden, Maine) scored three goals and sophomore Heidi DeHaan (Lewiston, Maine/St. Dominic) and freshman Nicole Daigle (St. David, Maine/Madawaska) each tallied two as the University of Southern Maine Huskies women’s soccer team opened its 2008 season with a 10-0 win over the SUNY Maritime College Privateers Saturday afternoon at the USM Soccer Field.
The 10-goal outburst was the largest by a USM team since 1999 when it score a single-match record 14 against the University of Massachusetts Boston. The season-opening win was the team’s first since 2005.
DeHaan gave USM a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute when she received a pass on the left side, beat the defender and went on a 25-yard run before beating Maritime freshman goalie Alicia Schmidt (Montville, Conn.) with a 12-yard shot to the near post.
Brown scored her first goal in the 18th minute with a shot off the left post, and Daigle found the net twice in the 36th and 41st minutes to make it 4-0 at halftime.
DeHaan netted her second goal in the 49th minute before Brown scored twice within a span of 43 seconds to net her first career hat trick. Junior Nicolette Greene (Freeport, Maine), senior Shannon Martin (Gorham, Maine) and sophomore Jessica O’Sullivan (Pembroke, Mass./Arch-bishop Williams) scored to account for the final tally.
Freshman goalkeeper Kat Rothe (Leeds, Maine/Leavitt Area) posted four saves, all in the second half, to register a shutout in her first collegiate match. Schmidt was credited with eight saves as USM out shot Maritime 29-5.
Southern Maine will travel to Gordon College on September 6 (1:00 p.m.) for its next match, and the first of four straight road matches. Maritime will play its home opener on September 5 (4:00 p.m.) when it hosts Goldey-Beacom College.

At Gorham, Maine 1 2 Final
SUNY Maritime (0-1-0) 0 0 0
Southern Maine (1-0-0) 4 6 10

Scoring: 1. SM, Heidi DeHaan (unassisted) 15:51; 2. SM, Caitlin Brown (unassisted) 16:29; 3. SM, Nicole Daigle (Sabrina Sevigny) 35:06; 4. SM, Daigle (unassisted) 40:47; 5. SM, DeHaan (unassisted) 48:04; 6. SM, Brown (unassisted) 51:17; 7. SM, Brown (unassisted) 52:00; 8. SM, Nicolette Greene (Danielle Poulin) 65:39; 9. SM, Shannon Martin (Daigle) 67:04; 10. SM, Jessica O’Sullivan (unassisted) 71:41.

Goalie Saves: Maritime, Alicia Schmidt 8 SM, Kat Rothe 4
Shots: Maritime 5, SM 29 Corner Kicks: Maritime 1, SM 4