Wahconah Grad Dougherty Scores for Westfield Women in Win Over MCLA05:36PM / Saturday, September 23, 2017 | |
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield State University's women's soccer team posted a 5-0 victory over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game Saturday morning at Alumni Field.
The first half was dominated by the Owls (3-2-2, 2-0-0). Westfield State junior midfielder Bella Eduardo scored off of a rebound in the 13th minute of play to get the quick 1-0 lead over MCLA.
The second half proved to be more of the same. Eduardo assisted freshman defender Lydia Kinsman in the 57th minute after a visitor foul was called on the previous play to extend their lead to 2-0.
Wahconah graduate Amelia Dougherty scored for Westfield.
Hoosac Valley grad Megan Richardson had 23 saves for MCLA (0-6, 0-2)
MCLA travels to Southern Vermont College on Tuesday for a non-conference game at 4 p.m.
Volleyball
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA Volleyball team held off visiting Salem State 3-1 this afternoon in MASCAC action.
MCLA (3-11, 1-1 MASCAC) took the first two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-15 before Salem began to find its form. The Vikings (6-6, 1-1) took game three 25-19 and then were charging in the fourth set before MCLA held them off 25-23 to claim the win.
Brooke Queripel led MCLA with 14 kills while Sara LaFreniere added 10 in the win. Tessa Sestito had a nice game off the bench with 19 assists and 4 digs. Natasha Stewart collected 15 assists for MCLA. Mele Enomoto had a season best 29 digs while Stewart and Queripel added 14 and 11 respectively.
For Salem, they were paced by Jasmine Severino's 13 kills on 36 attacks. Mackenzie Salls added a match best 35 assists in defeat whihle Hannah Mullarkey notched 22 digs.
The Trailblazers were scheduled to play Elms later Saturday.
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