UTICA, N.Y.—Senior forward
Mackenzie Bowie (Mechanicville, N.Y./Mechanicville) scored a program record four goals as the SUNY Potsdam women's soccer team (1-1) pummeled SUNY Poly (1-1) 11-1 on Saturday afternoon. Senior midfielder
Kristina Sanchez (Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park) scored twice. Freshman goalie
Savannah Bowie (Mechanicville, N.Y./Mechanicville) made three saves for her first career win.
The Bears raced out to a 7-0 first half lead and never looked back. Bowie opened the scoring just 1:05 into the contest and Sanchez buried the eventual game-winner 1:15 later. At 8:48 Bowie netted her second and Sanchez followed suit at 9:38. In the 29th minute, senior defender
Maeve Morrissey (Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park) made it 5-0 with a helper from junior defender
Emily Metz (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown). Nearly four minutes later, junior forward
Margaret Crosson (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) set up freshman forward
Layla McKeiver's (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) first career tally. Junior midfielder
Shayna Lenney (East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia) then buried her first career goal with an assist from McKeiver at 38:37 to close the scoring in the opening 45 minutes.
Kailyn Dailey finally got the Wildcats on the board with a goal in the 62nd minute. Bowie then resumed the onslaught with her third at 72:34. Bowie then assisted on freshman midfielder
Leah Karabaich (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) first career marker at 76:57. Bowie completed her epic day with number four at 81:12 with an assist from freshman midfielder
Emma Robbins (Newark, N.Y./Newark). Freshman forward
Hailey von Ahn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) wrapped up the scoring at 84:24 with her second goal in as many games.
Savannah Bowie allowed the lone goal in addition to her three stops in the first 68:04. Sophomore goalie
Chloe Gordon (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) made one save in the final 21:56. Michalyn Fagan made seven saves and allowed all 11 goals for SUNY Poly.
The Bears are now 11-3-1 against the Wildcats all-time and have won the last six meetings.
Potsdam hosts SUNY Canton on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the annual Boyd Jones Classic. It's the Bears first home game since October 26, 2019.
