University of Washington
Massachusetts
Huskies Win Second-Straight
August 27, 2010 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 27, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - The Husky women's soccer team got production from all over the field as three different Dawgs scored with assists from three others in their 3-0 victory at Massachusetts on Friday night. UW improves to 2-0 on the season while UMass falls to 0-1.
"We are pleased with the second shutout in a row," said head coach Lesle Gallimore. "We are also happy with putting up multiple goals and giving ourselves a cushion. It was our first true road game and we drove two hours from Boston to get to Amherst, so given the conditions I thought we played well. I thought we created a great atmosphere for ourselves, playing the game we wanted to ply. We passed our first big road test and have another one on Sunday."
Jorde LaFontaine-Kussman, a transfer from Cal out of Lakewood, Wash., got her first career start in goal for the Huskies and the Minutewomen made her work immediately. She made a save in the second minute off a header by Meghan Collins.
La Fontaine-Kussman made her second save of the game in the 12th minute off of a shot by Sydney Stoll.
The Huskies got their first shot of the game from senior Jane Mitchell (San Diego, Calif.) in the eighth minute that went wide.
Senior McKenna Waitley got the Dawgs on the board as she scored her first goal of the season on an assist by Jane Mitchell in the 13th minute.
It was the first goal of the season for Waitley and the 11th of her career for the senior from Coronado, Calif. It was also the first assist for the season for Mitchell, a senior from San Diego, Calif., and the fifth of her career.
The Huskies added a second goal in the 26th minute, a header on the right side by Kellye Joswick (Placentia, Calif.) as she scored her second goal of the season on an assist by freshman Lindsay Elston (Sammamish, Wash.).
Alex Webber, a junior from Poway, Calif., took another great shot on goal in the 30th minute but it was saved by Emily Cota, the UMass goalie.
Freshman Annie Sittauer (Everett, Wash.) took the first shot of her career in the 39th minute but it was also saved by Cota.
UMass came out strong to start the second half with a shot on goal in the 47th minute by Collins but LaFontaine-Kussman made her third save of the game.
UW however, took the ball right back down to the other side of the field and in the 50th minute scored its third goal of the game. Sophomore Kelsea Brajkovich (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) scored the first goal of her career and was assisted by Sittauer, her first of the year as well.
The Minutewomen had a great shot to get on the board in the 51st minute with a corner kick by Therese Smith, by the shot by Lauren Skesavage was wide left. Smith took another shot in the 62nd minute but it was saved by the Husky keeper.
The fifth save of the game by LaFontaine-Kussman came in the 72nd minute on an attempt by Kayla Austin.
Husky Freshman Allie Beahan (Sammamish, Wash.) had a shot on goal in the 73rd minute that was blocked.
Faustine Dufka (San Francisco, Calif.) entered in the second half for her first game of the season and had a shot blocked in the 87th minute.
UW took nine shots in the first half, five on goal and had 15 total shots in the game.
"We got good performances out of usual subjects," Gallimore added. "Kate Deines handled the ball really well. McKenna, Kellye and Kelsea were outstanding. We got contributions form a lot of players and a lot of people got the opportunity to play today."
This is the second-straight year that the Huskies have won their first two games of the season. UW won its first seven games of 2009. The Huskies are now 2-0 all-time vs. UMass.
UW will remain in Massachusetts to take on Boston University at 4 p.m. PST on Sunday. Fans can watch live stats for that match at www.goterriers.com.
Stay logged on to www.gohuskies.com later for the complete stats from this game.
