DUDLEY, Mass. – The Clark University women's soccer (1-0-0) traveled to Nichols (0-2-0) to open the 2025 season and saw five players score goals in a convincing 6-0 victory over the Bison on Saturday afternoon from Nichols Field.

How it Happened

• The Cougars offense applied instant pressure to the Bison with four shots on goal within the first six minutes of action as first-year Solimar Rivera, sophomore Georgia Louis, and junior Ainsley Golini each nearly found the back of the goal.
• Sophomore Selene Hammad and Louis added two more before junior Sadie Cohen blasted a ball down the field that got over the Bison backline and after Louis had a shot saved, Rivera found the back of the goal to take a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute.
• The Cougars added to their lead less than three minutes later as sophomore Camilla Daigle sent a ball into the box that found the foot of senior Emma Shaughnessy and she buried it into the top right corner of the goal to take a 2-0 edge.
• Junior Gabrielle Huryn tallied her first save of the year in the 28th minute before sophomore Delaney Schappert fired a shot from outside the box that hit the crossbar and bounced in to extend the lead to 3-0 in the 36th minute.
• Senior Gabriella Herivaux added the scarlet and white's fourth goal of the half as Schappert sent a through ball past the Bison center backs that found the foot of Herivaux and she beat the goalie one on one to the right as Clark led 4-0 at the break.
• Rivera fired three shots on that were stopped to open the second half before Louis sent a ball into Herivaux in the box and the senior found the back of the net for her second goal of the game to push the advantage to 5-0.
• Clark netted their final goal of the afternoon in the 77th minute as Herivaux crossed the ball in the box and found the foot of first-year Calabria Augustino as the Cougars came away with a convincing 6-0 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• The Cougars recorded 40 shots (26 on target), earned five corner kicks, and held the Bison to three shot attempts.
• Rivera, Schappert, and Augustino each netted their first career goal.
• Shaughnessy tallied her first goal of the year and fourth of her career.
• Herivaux scored a pair of goals and now has 13 career goals.
• Louis dished out two assists, which went down as her fifth and sixth career helpers.
• Daigle, Schappert, and Herivaux also tallied assists.

What's Next
The Cougars will be back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Framingham State for a contest against the Rams beginning at 4:00 p.m.