Sparkill, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Soccer team dropped a non-conference home tilt to Dominican, 5-1, on Wednesday afternoon at Spartan Field in Sparkill.

The Spartans (1-3) were outshot by the Chargers (1-3), 23-12 in the contest.

Dominican posted five first half goals to hold a 5-1 advantage at the break, which was all they needed to secure the victory.

STAC HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

• Merari Rodriguez tallied the lone goal for St. Thomas Aquinas, her first of the season.
• Ileana Santiago led STAC in shots with three on the afternoon.
• Two other Spartans (Caitlin Speranza and Rachel Brownell) tallied two shots in the contest.
• Goalkeeper Colleen Stevens (L, 1-2) went the distance and made five saves for STAC.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Chargers opened the scoring in the third minute of the match, as Natalie Cargill would score off of a pass from Danai Chimedza.
• STAC would tie things at one goal apiece in the fifth minute, as Merari Rodriguez fired a shot past Dominican College keeper Lynne Garofalo, which came off of a failed clear by the DC backend on a Reilly Henry corner kick.
• Dominican retook the lead with back-to-back goals by Alyana Gonel in the 25th and 26th minutes, with assists going to Gabriella Bedetti and Isabella Wysocki respectively to make it 3-1.
• Just over a minute later, Isabella Wysocki would extend the visitor's lead to 4-1 on a pass by Tara Long.
• The final goal of the day came via Abby Montera in the 32nd minute, with Long picking up her second helper of the contest to make it a 5-1 game.

UP NEXT
St. Thomas Aquinas will continue their four-game homestand on Saturday, September 18 when they take on Lincoln (PA) at 3pm.