Sunday, Sept. 20, William and Mary Women’s soccer (8-9, 3-6 CAA) lost to Hofstra (7-3-6, 3-5 CAA) 2-0 at Martin Family Stadium in Williamsburg, Va.
In the last 10 matchups against the Pride, the Tribe won three games, lost five times and tied twice. Two of the Green and Gold’s victories against Hofstra came in 2022 and 2023, following five years of losses or draws between 2017 and 2021.
Junior midfielder Millie Davies scored both goals for Hofstra. Recording 41 shots and four goals this season, Davies also earned a spot on the All-Coastal Athletic Association Championship Team last season. Davies scored her goals against the Tribe within the first 15 minutes of the game, giving the Pride an early lead.
Despite this outcome, the Tribe managed to generate offensive opportunities, outshooting the Pride 9-5 in the first half and 7-0 in the second.
Senior forward Leah Iglesias, junior forward Ivey Crain and sophomore defender Molly Widderich recorded three shots each throughout the match. Although Iglesias attempted to put the Green and Gold on the scoreboard in the second minute, Hofstra freshman goalkeeper Synne Danielsen saved the ball at the bottom left corner of the net.
Danielsen also managed to save the Tribe’s second early shot of the game, which came off a corner kick from sophomore midfielder Lindsay Wilson in the ninth minute. Just under a minute later, the Green and Gold rebounded with another corner kick and attempt from Widderich, which failed to convert.
The Pride responded to these efforts with a penalty kick in the 12th minute, which Davies took and successfully converted.
Just four minutes later, Davies scored Hofstra’s second goal of the game, receiving a pass from junior midfielder Aimee Hodgson, spinning and driving the ball into the net from 25 yards away.
Despite several Tribe substitutions and other attempts from Wilson, Iglesias, Crain, Widderich, sophomore midfielder Ava Lewis, junior midfielder/forward Alyssa Kenealy, freshman defender Kenley Campbell and senior midfielder Mia Suchora, William and Mary failed to overcome Hofstra’s early lead.
Defensively, the Pride outmatched the Green and Gold in saves 4-2. Sophomore goalkeeper Jazzy Lorenz managed to save the Pride’s first shot but was unsuccessful in saving the next in the 12th and 15th minutes of play.
This defeat marked the Tribe’s penultimate matchup in its regular season. As of now, William and Mary ranks ninth in Coastal Athletic Association standings and has not secured a spot for the tournament. Sunday, Oct. 27, the Green and Gold looks to right the ship in its final game of regular season conference play against Towson (5-4-8, 3-2-3 CAA) at the Tiger Soccer Complex in Towson, Md.