BROOKLYN --- (
www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College women's soccer scored in the opening minute for the third time this season and continued to build their lead on a rainy and windy Wednesday afternoon to compile a 12-0 CUNYAC Senior Day win over the Medgar Evers College (0-12-0, 0-5 CUNYAC) from Aviator Field. Prior to opening kickoff,
Ina Okoro (2019) was celebrated for her dedication to York College Athletics with the annual Senior Day Ceremony. York has now won back-to-back games for the fourth time in program history and tied a school record for goals that was previously set against Medgar Evers in 2013 and 2015.
The Cardinals broke the scoring ice 25 seconds in to tie a program record for fastest goal scored with
Taylor Bellmon's second tally of the season. York then doubled its advantage 1:05 later with
Mary Cuevas' first-career goal to make it a 2-0 game on Cougar goalie Dana Barbara Jecrois (0-1-0).
Wydny Vallere (13') and
Gisselle Flores-Barajas (32') both added goals while Bellmon finished the first half with six goals for York's 9-0 lead at intermission. Bellmon secured her third goal in the 36th minute for York's first hat trick since 2018 (
Diana Velasquez, Oct. 17 vs. Medgar Evers) while her six tallies broke the program record of five.
Flores-Barajas opened the second-half scoring with goals in the 48th and 52nd minutes as York posted its fourth-career game with two hat tricks. Moments later,
Mary Meshanski joined in on the scoring with Cuevas finding her in the box at 55:25 to settle the 12-0 final.
York finished with the edge in shots (31-0), shots on goal (23-0) and corner kicks (6-0). The Cardinal defense also held Medgar Evers without a shot during a 6-0 triumph on October 17, 2018.
Cardinal goalie
Chelsea Vasquez (2-9-0) was untested to earn York's first shutout since 2018 when
Stephanie Gutierrez posted a cleansheet against Yeshiva University (Oct. 21). Jecrois turned away 11 shots in defeat for Medgar Evers.
The Cardinals (2-9-0, 1-3-0 CUNAYC) return to non-conference play Saturday (Oct. 19) on the road against the University of Valley Forge Patriots (3-9) at 2 p.m. from UVF Field in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
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