Mount St. Mary’s University women’s soccer will recognize seven Senior Day honorees before facing Merrimack at noon Saturday, October 31, at Waldron Family Stadium at the PNC Sports Complex in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Senior Day ceremonies will begin at 11:45 a.m.
Lillian Young, Sophia Gomez, Kai Douglas, Anika Berger, Payton Meara, Cassidy Nichols and Erin Antone will be honored before the match. Mount St. Mary’s entered the contest at 2-11-2 overall and 2-7-1 in METRO play, while Merrimack entered at 2-10-5 overall and 0-7-4 in METRO play.
Mount St. Mary’s Women’s Soccer Senior Day Honorees
Young scored her first goal of the season in Mount St. Mary’s 2-1 loss at Sacred Heart. She became the eighth Mount St. Mary’s player to score during the season. Antone, Nichols and Caoume Valle each had two or three goals on the season. Abby Makela returned from injury to start against Sacred Heart and made eight saves. The redshirt sophomore goalkeeper had 91 saves across 13 matches.
Mount St. Mary’s Women’s Soccer Faces Merrimack
Merrimack had not won a match during the season but had drawn Canisius and Niagara in two of its previous three matches. Isabella Keogh led Merrimack with eight goals. Merrimack used three goalkeepers, led by Addison Israel with 80 saves. Merrimack had won the previous four meetings against Mount St. Mary’s and led the series 4-1. Mount St. Mary’s lone series win was a 2-1 victory in the inaugural meeting in 2019.
Mount St. Mary’s Women’s Soccer Schedule
Mount St. Mary’s was scheduled to finish the 2026 season at home against Canisius on Wednesday, November 4, at noon. The Canisius match follows Saturday’s Senior Day meeting with Merrimack.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
Mount St. Mary’s enters Senior Day with seven honorees set to be recognized before the final two scheduled matches of the season. Young’s first goal of the season and Makela’s eight-save performance against Sacred Heart provide recent context for the Mount’s matchup with Merrimack.
Merrimack’s four-match winning streak in the series and Keogh’s team-leading eight goals present key factors for Mount St. Mary’s to address at Waldron Family Stadium.
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