The University of Maine women’s soccer team amassed their fifth win of the season by the score of 2-1 on Saturday afternoon where they played host to Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn at home. Third-year goaltender Claudia Dube-Trempe played very well in the net for Maine turning aside four of five shots that came her way, and kept Brooklyn shooters honest all day with her great defensive calling and positioning.

Maine was all over LIU Brooklyn from the opening kick, totaling 16 shots with 12 of them on goal. They possessed the ball for the majority of the game, really wearing on and frustrating LIU Brooklyn’s defense.  LIU Brooklyn struggled to get anything going offensively.

Fourth-year forward Ashley Robinson got Maine going early in the 12th minute of play, as she collected a deflected pass and shot the ball over the top of LIU Brooklyn’s second-year goalkeeper Erin Harbison. Robinson’s goal was assisted by fourth-year forward Charlene Achille. Shortly after, Maine struck again in the 18th minute when Achille had a great goal that she ripped from 30 yards out into the top corner expanding Maine’s lead to 2-0.  Achille accounted for all of the Black Bears goals and totaled three points for the game.

LIU Brooklyn’s lone goal came in the 52nd minute as third-year forward Madison Gomez had a great goal coming off of a feed from fourth-year defenseman Lucy Gunton-Jones. Gomez struck a high rifle over the head of Dube-Trempe cutting into the Black Bear lead.  That was all LIU Brooklyn could muster on Dube-Trempe all game.

Maine improved to 5-3 on the season, as LIU Brooklyn falls to 2-6.  The Black Bears will kick off conference play when they travel to Hartford on Sept. 27 at 3 p.m.