Women's Soccer Travels To Kutztown For PSAC Quarterfinal Tuesday

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – West Chester University travels to Kutztown University Tuesday, Nov. 5 for a 1 p.m. quarterfinal round matchup in the 2013 PSAC Women's Soccer Tournament at Keystone Field.
 
Kutztown (12-5, 11-5 PSAC) are the third seed in the postseason tournament and were 8-2 at home this year. West Chester (11-6, 10-6) is seeded sixth and has not won on Keystone Field since 2009 – going 0-2-1 in its last three visits. The Golden Rams are 5-4 on the road this fall.
 
Tuesday's quarterfinal round game is being broadcast live on Red Zone Media by Kutztown University. Fans can listen in by clicking HERE.
 
West Chester has collected the most PSAC Championships, winning four in a five-year span from 2006-10. The Golden Rams are 10-8-2 all time in the PSAC Tournament, but have not recorded a tournament victory since winning it all in 2010, falling to Slippery Rock by identical 2-1 scores in the past two years.
 
The Golden Rams were ranked seventh in the nation on Sept. 7 when they traveled to Kutztown. The Golden Bears came away with a 3-2 victory.
 
In the first contest, Ashley Saylor scored 10 minutes into the game to give West Chester a 1-0 lead. The Rams did not allow a Golden Bears shot at goal until the 43rd minute.
 
The game stayed knotted until Alaina Curry knocked in a rebound in the 66th minute to tie the game and set off a three-goal explosion.
 
The Golden Bears took the lead five minutes later when Sam Costello scored on a shot from 25 yards out, and Curry put the game away with a header in front with two minutes to play from Costello.
 
Cara Deola scored for West Chester with 17 seconds remaining for the final score.
 
Kutztown scored 35 goals this year, which was tied for third in the league. The Golden Rams finished with 26 goals, good for ninth in the conference. Both Kutztown and West Chester tied for third in the conference in goals allowed with 13.
 
West Chester goalkeeper Alex Srolis tied for the league lead in shutouts, picking up her eighth blanking on Saturday.
 
Carly Yost was the leading scorer for the Golden Rams during the regular-season with seven goals and four assists for 18 points. Dana Hunt was next with four goals and four helpers for 12 points, and Lexi Brown picked up four goals and two assists for 10 points in her rookie campaign. Lexi Lentz was top in assists with five off of corner kicks.
 
The Golden Bears are led by Costello with six goals and 10 assists for 22 points, followed by Megan Frailer, who scored seven times and had six assist for 20 points, and Curry, who had two goals the first time the teams met, collected seven goals on the season for 14 points.
 
Kutztown jumped from fifth to third place on Saturday with a 7-1 triumph over Mercyhurst, coupled with West Chester's 1-0 victory over Edinboro, who had occupied the third position. The Fighting Scots fell to fourth and will host fifth-seeded Shippensburg, who tied second-seeded Slippery Rock to edge out the Golden Rams by a single point.
 
Last year, the Golden Rams were seeded second and upset by seventh-seeded Slippery Rock 2-1, in the quarterfinals. West Chester used the time off to heal and re-focus and went on to win the Atlantic Region title in the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament, making it to the quarterfinals, before falling to defending champion Saint Rose.
 
California (Pa.), No. 7 in the nation, is the top seed and has only given up five goals in the conference through the regular season. Slippery Rock finished second in the regular-season standings and is the No. 2 seed. West Chester dropped a pair of 1-0 decisions on the road to Cal and Slippery Rock just two weeks ago.
 
The highest remaining seed following the PSAC quarterfinal round will hosts the semifinals and championship on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9.
 
PSAC Quarterfinals Schedule
(8) Mercyhurst at (1) California, Pa.         3 p.m.
(7) Gannon at (2) Slippery Rock                 5 p.m.  
(6) West Chester at (3) Kutztown             1 p.m.
(5) Shippensburg at (4) Edinboro              1 p.m.