Box Score WASHINGTON – The No. 10 Georgetown women's soccer team shut out St. Johns, 3-0, in its first BIG EAST matchup this season. The Hoyas defeated the Red Storm with two goals in the first half, recording their sixth shutout of the 2018 season, advancing to 8-0-2 on the year while St. John's fell to 4-6 this year.
 
"This was a gritty road win against a tough St. Johns' team with some special attacking players," said head coach Dave Nolan. "They put us under pressure as early as we expected and thankfully Caitlin scored a great goal to give us the lead and it helped settle us. The key goal was the penalty kick just before the break, which was well deserved. In the second half we were very good and could have scored a few more. It was a great team effort, but our front four were very good. To pick up another shutout was a sign of how well we defended, too."
 
Senior Caitlin Farrell (Wallingford, Conn. / Choate Rosemary Hall) dominated the game with two goals to give the Hoyas a victory. She put the Blue & Gray in the scoring column in the 35th minute and then junior Carson Nizialek (Chantilly, Va. / Freedom) gave GU the advantage with 45 seconds left to play in the first half by scoring a goal on a penalty kick, giving Georgetown the lead, 2-0.
 
The Hoyas had possession of the ball the majority of the game, outshooting the Red Storm, 2-0, in the first half and five corners to capitalize on opportunities to score. Farrell scored in the 35th minute to give GU the lead after being sought out by graduate student Kyra Carusa (San Diego, Calif. / Del Norte / Stanford). Nizialek was then fouled shortly after in the six-yard box and took scored on a penalty kick to give Georgetown its second goal seconds before the first half ended.
 
Georgetown took advantage of the Red Storm immediately in the second half, taking a corner kick within the first three minutes of the half. The Hoyas capitalized on the opportunity within the first 10 minutes of play in the latter half when Farrell scored her second half of the game.
 
The Hoya defense helped GU the entire game, not allowing the Red Storm to cross midfield throughout the 90 minutes of play. The Hoyas outshot St. John's, 16-9, and took 10 corners to the Red Storms's lone corner kick. Senior goalkeeper Arielle Schechtman (Del Mar, Calif. / La Jolla Country Day / UCLA) recorded six saves to Meredith Reinhardt's three.
 
Next up, the Blue & Gray will host DePaul on Thursday, Sept. 28 at Shaw Field. The game will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Monika Moore calling the action. Live stats for the game can be found at www.GUHoyas.com.
 
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