Philadelphia, Pa. – The 25th-ranked Hofstra University women's soccer team moved back into the win column on Thursday evening as the Pride recorded its 10th clean sheet with a 2-0 decision over the Drexel University Dragons.
 
Hofstra improves to 13-2-1 overall and picks up three crucial points in the Colonial Athletic Association standings, now with a 5-1-1 record in league play to move back into first place. Drexel drops to 5-6-3 overall and 1-3-2 in the league.
 
The Pride tallied both goals in the first half, the first just 15 minutes into the match when Miri Taylor stormed up the left side and delivered ball to a wide-open Lucy Shepherd who put Drexel goalkeeper, Miyuki Schoyen off-balance before finishing to her left side. The assist was the 28th of Taylor's career, moving her to first all-time in Hofstra history in assists. Just after 15 minutes went by, sophomore Louise Hayden served a pass into the box and found Georgia Brown before Lucy Porter flicked in a shot to the far right post.
 
Hofstra was very strong defensively the remainder of the match as the Pride limited the Dragons to just two opportunities in the second half. The Pride had several close chances as well, but eventually settled for the 2-0 decision.
 
Junior goalkeeper Skylar Kuzmich recorded six saves to earn her ninth individual clean sheet, which is now tied for the highest amount of shutouts in the nation.
 
Hofstra will play its final regular season road match of the season on Sunday, October 24 when it travels to Elon University for a meeting with the Phoenix. Kickoff at Rhodes Stadium is set for 2 p.m.
 
NOTES:
-Hofstra is now 21-4-1 all-time against Drexel
-Miri Taylor moved into first all-time in Hofstra program history with 28 career assists. She surpassed Sabrina Bryan who had 27 from 2017-20
-The match featured four yellow cards and a red card on Drexel's Morayo Adenegan. Drexel played one player down for nearly the entire second half.
-Lucy Shepherd cracked into the top-10 all-time in Hofstra program history in points, now with 67 for her career which is tied for 10th with Laura Greene who also had 67 from 2008-11. Miri Taylor is sixth with 88 points and Lucy Porter is second with 111 points.  
-Skylar Kuzmich made the 100th save of her career. She now has 104 during her three seasons at Hofstra.