NORTHFIELD, Vt. - October 13, 2021 - The Dean College women's soccer team fell at Norwich, 3-1, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) contest Wednesday afternoon.
Norwich improves to 3-8 overall and 2-8 in the conference. The Cadets play at Emmanuel on Saturday. Dean falls to 3-6-2 overall and 3-6 in GNAC action. The Bulldogs hit the road on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match at Albertus Magnus.
The Bulldogs got on the board first in the 4th minute when senior
Miranda Seacord (Cambridge, N.Y.) finished a pass from first-year
Nicole Seidell (Enfield, Conn.).
Norwich tied the score, 30 minutes later, with a goal from Sarah Rucci to send the match into the halftime break knotted at 1-1.
The home team went in front, less than three minutes into the second half, when Antonia Pelton finished a feed from Celine Juneau for her first goal of the season.
The Cadets added an insurance goal in the 55th minute with Rucci's second of the contest.
Dean first-year goalie
Haley Gaunt (Johnston, R.I.) finished with 11 saves. Rebecca Karis allowed one goal and stopped four shots in the first half, while Kim Watt had four saves in a scoreless second half for the Cadets.
