Soccer

Mount Holyoke Soccer defends 2-0 record in second win of the season

Mount Holyoke Soccer defends 2-0 record in second win of the season

Mount Holyoke Soccer secured their second season win this past Wednesday, Sept. 4 against Western Connecticut State University. This is the first time the Lyons have faced WCSU, and the matchup ended in a 1-0 shutout win to defend their 2-0 season record.

Lyons soccer play WPI Engineers in their final game of the season

Lyons soccer play WPI Engineers in their final game of the season

Mount Holyoke College Soccer finished up their fall season on Saturday, Oct. 28, in a home game against Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Although the Lyons fell to the Engineers 3-0, they played hard. Goalie Shan Breen ’24 made two saves in the first half, and goalie Evie Krieg ’27 made five saves in the second half.

FIFA retains ban on “OneLove” armband, offers alternatives ahead of Women’s World Cup

FIFA retains ban on “OneLove” armband, offers alternatives ahead of Women’s World Cup

Ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the International Federation of Association Football confirmed that armbands representing the OneLove campaign would remain prohibited at the tournament, according to an article published by The Guardian on June 30.

Beyond the scoreboard: the Lyons' Nation year in review

Year in Review for the Lyons’ Nation for the year 2022-2023.

Game of the Week: Field Hockey and Soccer conclude their seasons

Field Hockey

Mount Holyoke Field Hockey defeated New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference rival Wheaton College 1-0 last Friday evening at home in their final game of the season.

Soccer

Mount Holyoke College Soccer finished their 2021 regular season in a 0-0 draw with Wellesley College after two overtimes, totaling 110 minutes of game play, at a NEWMAC game on Saturday, Oct. 30.

Game of the Week: Cross Country runs in Connecticut College Invitational; Soccer falls to Babson College

Cross Country

On Saturday Oct. 16, Mount Holyoke College Cross Country traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Connecticut, to compete in the Connecticut College Invitational. The Lyons raced among 26 additional teams, including top scorers Williams College (74 points), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (99 points) and Tufts University (120 points). Unlike the other teams, Mount Holyoke did not generate an overall team score and ended the competition with a DNF, meaning “did not finish.”

Soccer

On Saturday Oct. 16, the Mount Holyoke College soccer team was setback 9-0 at home against Babson College, which puts their record at 2-8 on the season.

Game of the Week: Mount Holyoke Cross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer and Volleyball

Game of the Week: Mount Holyoke Cross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer and Volleyball

After 542 days of waiting, Mount Holyoke College fall sports have begun their first official competitions. The first teams to kick off their season were Mount Holyoke Cross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer and Volleyball.

The hidden player: Mount Holyoke’s team manager

BY DEYSCHA SMITH ’19

Natalie Russianoff ’19 stands on the turf field at Mount Holyoke College, waiting attentively for her orders. She wears a purple jacket and fur hood like it’s her own practice gear, and cheers on the team with each goal, groundball and goalie save.

Soccer endures tough 3-2 overtime loss to Smith College

BY ANNA BALLOU '20

On a bitterly cold Tuesday afternoon, Mount Holyoke Soccer fought in overtime against local conference rival Smith College. The game took place at the Pioneers’ home field and marked Mount Holyoke’s penultimate game of the regular season. With the 3-2 loss, Mount Holyoke fell to 8-9-0 overall and 2-7-0 in the NEWMAC.

Soccer powers past Bay Path, shoulders loss to Emerson

BY MARYA JUCEWICZ '17

Five different players added a goal for Mount Holyoke in the soccer team’s 7–1 rout of Bay Path University Tuesday night at home.

Avia Jacobs ’19 scored two quick goals early in the first half thanks to assists from Sara Sanaú Ruiz ’19, giving the Lyons a 2–0 advantage less than five minutes into the match.

Mount Holyoke found their stride again at 20:50, when Dale Leonhart ’19 scored on an assist from Hannah Finn-Erb ’20. Liz Rose ’18 kept the momentum going for the Lyons, scoring just a couple of minutes later on another assist from Finn-Erb.

Finn-Erb found the net herself in the 25th minute with a quick shot at the left post. These three goals, scored in just five minutes, widened the lead to 5–0 for Mount Holyoke.

Jamie Collings ’18 added one more goal for the Lyons before the half was over, firing a shot past Bay Path senior goalkeeper Alma Rizvani on a rebound.

The Wildcats finally got on the scoreboard at the 57-minute mark thanks to a goal from freshman Joanna Feliciano. Feliciano scored on a penalty kick after a foul in the box by the Lyons.

Collings scored again in the second half on an impressive unassisted effort to widen the Lyons’ lead to 7–1.

Lyons goalkeeper Amanda Manaster ’19 earned the win, posting three saves. For Bay Path, Rizvani had seven saves and freshman Caitlyn Esposito had two.

On Saturday afternoon the Lyons took a 2–1 loss to Emerson College. Two Emerson goals less than three minutes apart early in the second half gave the Lions a 2–0 lead with less than half an hour left in the match.

Finn-Erb found the net for the Lyons in the 88th minute on an assist from Cora Melcher ’20 to close the gap to 2–1 before time ran out for Mount Holyoke.

The Lyons have a record of 5–4 and will face MIT in Cambridge on Saturday, Oct. 1.