Women's Soccer Downed by Westfield

WORCESTER, Mass. - The Worcester State University women's soccer team fell to Westfield State University 2-1 on Saturday afternoon in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference action at John F. Coughlin Memorial Field.

With the loss, Worcester State falls to 5-5-1 overall on the season and 2-1 in conference play. Westfield State improves to 6-4-1 and moves to 3-0 in conference.

Owls' first year forward, Delaney Parker (Orange, Mass.) recorded her 14^th and 15^th goals of the season in the first half. Both goals came off of passes from Jenn Rennich (Bedford, Mass.) breaking through the Lancer defense.  Ashley Spellman (Lancaster, Mass.) had three strong saves in the first half keeping Westfield to only two goals going into half time. Jaida Cochran (Middleboro, Mass.) had an early opportunity but a defensive save from Allie Marrier (Dudley, Mass.) kept the ball out of the net.

Madi Dufries (Leicester, Mass.) connected on a pass from Rennich to score the Owls' final goal of the game in the 60^th minute of action. Less than one minute later the Lancers' answered back with their lone goal of the game when Megan Gurlitz (Auburn, Mass.) put one past the Owls' goalkeeper off a textbook cross from Ali Maldonado (Rutland, Mass.). The remainder of the game proved to be a defensive battle between both teams, each only having seven shots in the half.

Spellman made seven saves in her 90 minutes of action, while Westfield goalkeeper, Lauryn Davis (Templeton, Mass.) had four. Wesfield State had a 17-14 shot advantage.

Worcester State will return to action on Tuesday on the road at Western Connecticut kicking off at 6 p.m. Westfield State hosts Western New England University on Wednesday kicking off at 4 p.m.

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