AMHERST, NY – Junior Sam Cipolla scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season in the second half Friday to lead the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Soccer team to a 1-0 win over Daemen in a non-conference game.
The game was added to the schedule as each team needed to make up the game lost on the schedule to St. Thomas Aquinas College after the Spartans forfeited the remainder of the season. The same two teams battled to a 0-0 tie last week in the East Coast Conference (ECC) matchup.
Cipolla took a long pass from Makenzie Hagen and dribbled past a defender to break in on the goalie and sent a shot into the lower corner for the only goal of the game in the 69th minute.
The goal lifted Cipolla to the highest single season scoring total since 2022 when Ella White scored 12 goals in the 14-win season for the Redhawks.
Roberts dominated the offense and held a 19-3 edge in shots and a 9-1 shots on goal advantage.
The goalie tandem of junior Mia Tyndell and senior Rebecca Hoffman combined for the shutout win with each playing half the game.
Roberts will finish the regular season next Saturday at home against Molloy University.
