The Fairfield University women’s soccer team scored three-second half goals to earn a 3-0 (box score) win over visiting Colgate University in the teams home opener.  The Stags improve to 2-1-1 on the season, while the Raiders fall to 1-2-0.

Fairfield controlled the tempo in the first half out shooting the visitor 10-1, but could not convert.  Colgate keeper Carly Sousa made seven of her 11 total saves in that first period, to keep her team in the game.

The second half began the same way, with neither team being able to convert chances.  Chrissie Sidie finally broke the tie in the 54th minute.  Nicole Cavallaro fed the ball across the 18-meter box to Sidie, who punched the ball up into the air and into the upper corner of the goal.  Colgate, which took six second half shots, challenged in the second half, but could not take advantage on their chanced.

Cavallaro played a role in the insurance goals as well.  In the 87th minute she took a pass from Kelly Steele and pushed it ahead to Casey Frobey who shot past the charging Sousa and put the ball into the opposite corner on the ground.  Cavallaro touched net for the first time as a collegian 128 seconds later, driving a ball to the opposite post from a pass of Ahna Johnson.

Brett Maron made four saves in the contest to post her second clean sheet of the season.  She now has 19 career shutouts, one shy of a second-place tie in Stags history.  Fairfield out shot Colgate 23-7 for the game, including a 14-3 advantage in shots on goal.  The Stags were called six times for offsides, the Raiders just three times.  Fairfield had a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks, while the Raiders committed more fouls, 9-8.

The Stags are off for the next week, returning to action on Friday, Sept. 14, when they play Central Connecticut State.  The first game of the UConn Classic, the two teams will tangle in Storrs, Conn., beginning at 5 p.m.