By Anders Jorstad -- STAFF WRITER
The Hofstra women’s soccer team continued their impressive streak with a 3-1 road victory against the College of William & Mary Tribe on Sunday, Oct. 1.
The Pride – who have gone undefeated in their last seven contests – leaned on their greatest strength on Sunday: their defense.
The Pride’s goalie tandem team of Ashley Wilson and Jenna Borresen has been a force ever since Pride head coach Simon Riddiough started to split their playing time by allowing each of them to suit up for one half of the game. The duo has allowed just two goals in total during the team’s unbeaten streak.
But per usual, the goalkeepers did not have to do a whole lot of work to keep the Tribe off the board. Hofstra’s defense allowed just three shots on target out of 13 total attempts.
The Pride offense also came alive in Sunday’s game. It was Hofstra’s first three-goal game since the squad put up four against Eastern Washington University in their home opener and just the second time this season they have scored three goals.
The opening goal came from Lucy Porter in the fourth minute – the first of her Hofstra career. The freshman has been seeing more playing time lately and the game against the Tribe was her second-straight start since being named to the starting lineup on Thursday.
Thirty minutes later, Kristin Desmond found the back of the net on an assist from Jenn Buoncore for her team-leading eighth goal of the season.
Buoncore later added her own goal, her fourth this year, on an assist from Bella Richards.
The victory against the Tribe is a huge one for Hofstra. William & Mary was picked second in the conference preseason polls, but was 0-2-1 in conference play coming into the contest.
The Pride are now 4-0 in conference play this season and stand as the only undefeated team in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Hofstra will look to continue their hot streak when they visit Towson University on Thursday.