Women’s Soccer Downs Southern Vermont College, 4-0

Box Score

CHICOPEE, Mass. – Elms College received scoring strikes from four different players to help pace the Blazers to a 4-0 victory over Southern Vermont College in Wednesday evening's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's soccer game at Leary Field.

With the win, Elms improves to 3-9 on the season, 2-2 in NECC play, while Southern Vermont falls to 0-11 overall, 0-4 in league action.

Elms struck quickly when freshman defender Allyson Witaszek (Feeding Hills, Mass.) fired a shot that was blocked, scooped up the rebound and then lofted the ball into the back of the net giving Elms a 1-0 lead 3:56 into the contest.

Freshman midfielder Christina Goodchild (East Longmeadow, Mass.) netted the Blazers' second goal when she controlled a pass from junior midfielder Erica Griffo (Syracuse, N.Y.) and blasted a shot to the right corner of the net to extend the lead to 2-0 at the 9:29 mark.

In the 65^th minute of play, Elms scored its third goal of the game when Goodchild delivered a pass to junior forward Jennifer Killion (Cambridge, Mass.) who one-touched the ball to freshman midfielder Gianna Gorneault (Springfield, Mass.) who then drilled the ball into the back of the net from 15 yards out.

Five minutes later, the Blazers executed a brilliant run when freshman defender Brianna Valente (Springfield, Mass.) launched a well-placed cross to Griffo who finished with the scoring strike to give Elms a 4-0 advantage.

Southern Vermont goalkeeper Catrina Cecchini (Montville, Conn.) was stellar between the pipes for the Mountaineers, collecting 31 saves in the losing effort.

Elms held Southern Vermont to just one shot en route to its third shutout victory of the season.

The Blazers return to Leary Field and NECC action on Saturday, Oct. 16 when they host Becker College. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m.