HONOLULU – The Chaminade University women's soccer team celebrated their five seniors playing their final game on the Saint Louis Field pitch with a 3-0 win over Hawai'i Pacific University.
Olivia Leonard (Taylorsville, Utah/Utah Tech University/Skyline HS) accounted for all three goals as the Silverswords ended the season on a four-game winning streak, finishing at 4-11-1 and 4-5 with 12 points in the Pacific West Conference. The 'Swords also picked up two points in the PacWest Hawai'i Challenge.
The three goals was also the first time Chaminade had posted a trio of scores in the 21-year history of the series and was also the largest margin of victory against HPU.
After a scoreless first half, one of the seniors,
Milan Cordone (Las Vegas/University of Northern Iowa/Coronado HS) fired a shot from 20 yards out which hit the back of the net in the 57th minute for her third goal this season. Leonard made the pass to get the assist.
Some five minutes later, Cordone returned the favor. Her free kick from 20 yards out was deflected by goalkeeper Azjah Tocher, who started the second half, ricocheted off the cross bar where Leonard headed it in, giving Cordone the assist, her fourth of the year, tying the program's single-season record.
The 'Swords iced it in the 72nd minute when
Aliana Ganigan Hale (Ewa Beach, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Campbell) found
Emmerson Peller (Broomfield, Colo./University of North Dakota/Broomfield HS) who crossed a pass to Leonard, who one-timed it into the net for her team-leading fourth goal of the year. Peller and Ganigan Hale got their second and first assists of the season, respectively.
Meanwhile, senior goalkeeper
Sydney Bakritzes (Edina, Minn./University of North Dakota/Edina HS) made a lone save in collecting her career-ending third straight clean sheet.
Chaminade out-shot HPU, 17-to-3, and had a 5-to-1 edge in corner kicks. Leonard took six shots, three on frame while another senior,
Kenna Kiefer (Vail, Ariz./Cienega), a four-year starter, took three, all on-goal.
Along with Cordone, Bakritzes and Kiefer,
Marianna Carpenter (Castle Rock, Colo./University of North Dakota/Castle View HS) and
Sofia Desirello (Menifee, Calif./University of North Dakota/Paloma HS) were also celebrated following the win.