Women’s Soccer Falls to WPI, 5-0
Women’s Soccer Falls to WPI, 5-0
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CHICOPEE, MA – Elms College freshman
goalkeeper Molly Corse (Bernardston, MA) recorded
eight saves, but WPI junior Kristen Garza (Kingston,
MA) scored two goals and assisted on two others to propel
the Engineers to a 5-0 victory over the Blazers in Thursday
evening’s non-conference women’s soccer contest at
Leary Field.
With the loss Elms falls to 3-6 overall, while WPI improves to 4-6
on the season.
WPI jumped out to an early lead when sophomore Hailey
Taylor (Colusa, CA) found senior Kelsey Mawhiney
(Johnston, RI) who placed the ball in the back of the net
on a perfectly executed corner kick.
Garza then connected with senior Liz Schreiber (Ashfield,
MA) who broke through the Elms defense and placed a shot
past Corse, giving the Engineers a 2-0 lead at the 14:38 mark.
The game was back and forth until the 74th minute when Garza struck
for her first goal of the game. She corralled a pass from Taylor
and beat the keeper to extend the lead to 3-0. The two hooked up
again six minutes later to give WPI a 4-0 advantage.
Garza capped a stellar performance when she delivered a pass which
sophomore Victoria Howland (Red Hook, NY) drilled
into the back of the net, pushing the score to 5-0 at the 81:12
mark.
Elms kept the pressure on from start to finish in a hard-fought
game. Junior forward Alison Couture (Chicopee, MA)
led the Blazers with 4 shots while four other players tallied two
each.
The Engineers narrowly out-shot the Blazers 17-16 in the
contest.
WPI junior keeper Ally Stoyle (Pembroke, MA)
collected eight saves in the winning effort.
Elms returns to action Saturday, Oct. 3 for a New England
Collegiate Conference (NECC) clash with Daniel Webster. Kick-off is
slated for 2:00 p.m. at Leary Field.
