Lancers Defense Persists to Bring Home a Tie

Worcester, MA- The Lancers got ahead of the storms tonight as they travelled for a 7pm kickoff versus Gordon College. It was close battle through the game and turned out to be a game of final moments with each team netting a goal in the closing minutes of each half to secure Worcester State their first tie of the season.

The first 45-minutes saw Worcester State outshot 8-3, but their defensive unit was a wall in the back clearing out each opportunity. Worcester State goalie, Mallory Dupuis, had three saves in the half. Lancers' attackers Hailey Skowronski, Erin Condon and Cammi Arnold managed to get a few looks of their own in the half putting, two of their three shots on frame to be a threat in breaking the deadlock game. The Gordon keeper, Tori Paine, managed to secure each shot. A late goal in the 43' minute by Gordon's Alexa Weindorf put the Fighting Scots up 1-0 at the half.

Gordon came out on the attack at the start of the second half with five shots in the opening 15 minutes, but Dupuis was quick to wrap the attempts and keep the gap at one. The Worcester State defense was on point all game as they continued to brush aside shot after shot from Gordon as they were out shot 8-0 in the first 35- minutes of the second half. It was the final minutes of the game that saw Worcester State's perseverance pay off when in the 89' minute a goal from Emma Koopman tied up the game and brought Worcester State the tie. The blue and gold took five shots in the game with three on net, but that was all that was needed to see Lancers capture their first tie of the season behind a solid team effort on the pitch.

Dupuis ended the day with seven saves on eight shots, while Koopman netted the loan goal for the Lancers with one shot on the night.

Gordon moves to 3-1-1 on the season while the Lancers now sit at 0-3-1. They are back in action on Thursday September 15 at 4pm when they travel to Rhode Island to take on Salve Regina.