ZEEB'S SECOND HALF GOAL HELPS LIFT LADY CHARGERS OVER NEW HAVEN

September 12, 2023

West Haven, Conn. (9/12/23) The Dominican University New York women's soccer team edged the University of New Haven in non-conference action this afternoon for their first win of the season.

This afternoon's victory marks first year Heach Coach Brett Axelrod's first career win as a collegiate Head Coach.

Kaitlyn Zeeb (Piscataway, N.J.) scored the only goal of the game in the second half which helped lift the Lady Chargers over New Haven.

With the win, the Lady Chargers improve to 1-3 overall while UNH falls to 2-2 overall.

Sophomore goalkeeper Stella Paton (Edinburgh, Scotland) recorded her first win of the season in net for the Lady Chargers and earned her first shutout of the season. Paton made six saves in the shutout victory including four saves in the second half to keep UNH off the board.

New Haven goalkeeper Caitlyn Daley suffered the loss but made six saves.

The game was scoreless by halftime and for the first 16 minutes of the second half. Zeeb broke the scoreless tie at the 61:11 mark and Freshman defender Alexandra Sanchez (Yorba Linda, Calif.) recorded her first career assist.

Zeeb also led the team in shots with three while Stella Koster (Saarbruecken, Germany), Isabella Wysocki (Rahway, N.J.), and Sabine Sorensen (Ballerup, Denmark) each recorded two shots in the game.

The Lady Chargers will return to action this Saturday, September 16th when they travel to Georgian Court University for their CACC opener at 12:00 PM.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.