GLENSIDE, Pa. – Senior midfielder
Kim Canfield scored one goal and assisted on three others to lead the second-seeded Arcadia University women's soccer team to a 5-0 victory over seventh-seeded Wesley College in the quarterfinal round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Championship Tournament Wednesday night at Easton Field.
The Knights (16-6-0), who won their first ECAC championship in 2013, will next take on sixth-seeded Wilkes University in Saturday's semifinal round, while will be hosted by top-seeded Lebanon Valley College at 2 p.m. The Dutchmen will face fifth-seeded McDaniel College in the other semifinal.
Canfield now has a school-record 16 assists for the season, surpassing the previous record of 15 assists dished out by current assistant coach Maria DeGeorge Kosmin in 2002. She now has career totals of 32 goals and 34 assists for 98 career points, moving her into second place on the all-time scoring list as she surpassed Meghan Smyth's 94 career points (39 goals, 16 assists) accumulated from 1999-2002.
Arcadia dominated play from the start and finally broke through on the scoreboard in the 21st minute when sophomore midfielder
Jackie Glanfield ripped a feed from freshman forward
Kayla Haberbosch into the top-right corner for her eighth goal of the season. Sophomore midfielder
Lennon Kramer extended the Knights' lead to 2-0 after putting a cross from Canfield into the bottom-left corner of the goal in the 32nd minute.
Kramer opened the second half scoring in the 70th minute when she knocked home Canfield's corner kick at the left post for her team-leading 16th goal of the season, which was followed by Haberbosch's fourth goal of the year off a cross from the right of the box from Canfield in the 77th minute.
Canfield then capped the scoring in the 88th minute after taking a lead pass from sophomore back
Alyssa Ferraro down the left wing and putting a shot inside the left post for her seventh goal of the season.
Freshman goalkeeper Nasia Denegal had a standout performance in net for the Wolverines (10-7-1), registering 18 saves while allowing the five Arcadia goals.
The Knights outshot Wesley 40-2 in the game and had a 10-1 advantage on corner kicks.
