WEST CHESTER, Pa- Jr. F.
Nikki Zaso(Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) provided the offense on Wednesday afternoon as she powered the West Chester University women's soccer team(11-2-1, 11-2-0 PSAC) to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Shippensburg University Raiders (5-10-1, 4-10-0 PSAC).
How it Happened:
- West Chester broke through just five minutes into the contest when Zaso took a shot from the upper right corner of the box over the goalkeepers head to give West Chester an early 1-0 lead.
- West Chester would continue to threaten for the remainder of the first half as Shippensburg goalie Delaney Shifflet made two nice saves in the first half to keep the score at 1-0.
- The second half was much of the same as the Golden Rams continued to outshoot Shippensburg and the Golden Rams finally saw this payoff in the 86th minute when Zaso scored her second of the day off a deflection to give West Chester the decisive 2-0 lead.
Inside the Numbers:
- West Chester outshot Shippensburg by a huge 17-6 margin including a 10-3 advantage in shots on goal.
- West Chester also held a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks.
- Zaso recorded her team leading sixth goal of the season this afternoon.
- McKenna Mullin(Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) recorded three saves in the victory as she improved her record to 6-0 on the season and also recorded her third shutout.
Coaches Corner Betty Ann Kempf Townsley:
"I am very happy with this win this is our sixth straight victory and we are continuing to grow as a team. It is great to see our players maturing as the season goes on. Overall I will take the win and I thought we we did a good job of being organized today which helped us to earn the shutout."
Up Next:
West Chester takes to the road on Saturday afternoon for a 1:00 pm start opposite Slippery Rock.
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