Villanova’s scoring draught had reached 300 minutes to start the season when head coach Chris McLain went to his bench and sent grad student Sam Rosette into a home match against Saint Joseph’s in the rain Sunday afternoon.
Minutes later, Rosette got in behind the Hawks defense thanks to a lovely line-splitting pass from Makayla Stadler and put the finishing touches on a goal 15 months in the making. The Wildcats last scored on November 3, 2019 in a 1-0 win over DePaul.
They had started the season with three straight losses to Philly Soccer Six opponents La Salle, Temple and Drexel while being outscored 8-0.