ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Roberts Wesleyan University women's soccer team opened postseason play with a 2-0 victory over visiting D'Youville in the first round of the East Coast Conference Championship on Wednesday night.
Senior
Nevaeh Bunch and junior
Sam Cipolla scored for the fourth-seeded Redhawks (8-3-6), who will play at top-seeded Mercy in a semifinal match at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Roberts defeated Mercy 1-0 in the 2025 ECC Championship match.
Bunch opened the scoring in the 18
th minute, redirecting a cross by
Ileana Cheruiyot for her second goal of the season.
Cipolla scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season at the 55-minute mark, after the D'Youville goalkeeper bobbled a shot by
Olivia Holet.
Senior
Rebecca Hoffman made three saves while recording her eighth shutout of the season.
Roberts outshot fifth-seeded D'Youville 20-6 while improving to 10-0-1 all-time against the Saints.
