MANSFIELD, Pa.- Jenna Fox (Magnolia, Del./Polytech) notched the first goal of her young Golden Ram career with a mid-first half tally to help lead No. 5 West Chester (5-0, 4-0 PSAC) past Mansfield (1-4-1, 0-4-1) by a final of 3-0 on the road on Wednesday afternoon.
Fox opened the scoring for West Chester in the 33
rd minute as a part of dominant first-half effort, which saw West Chester end the opening stanza with a 26-0 advantage in shots, carrying a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
West Chester continued to show its offensive firepower in the second half, scoring a goal just over 30 seconds into the half when
Emily Deluisi (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) scored off an assist from reigning PSAC East Athlete of the Week
Faith Matter (Middletown, Pa./Middletown), thus, extending the lead to 2-0 early in the second half.
West Chester continued to apply steady pressure to the Mountaineers defense throughout the balance of the half, which eventually led to the third and final goal of the contest as
Jaqueline Hug (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) found her way onto the end of a punt from PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week
Hayley McGee (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley), which allowed West Chester to extend its lead to 3-0 with just over 20 minutes to play in regulation.
West Chester continued to outshoot Mansfield in the second half, taking 12 shots to the Mounties six, ending the contest with a 38-6 advantage in shots and a 13-4 lead in shots on goal while also ending the game with a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.
In addition to her second-half assist, McGee also made three saves over the course of 73 minutes of action before exiting in favor of fellow senior
Audrey Schweizerhof (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite) who played the final 16:43 in goal and made one save to help West Chester preserve its shutout.
Notes:
With two more first time this season goal scorers in the victory today, West Chester has now had 10 different players register goals so far this season while the Golden Rams have outscored their foes 14-2 through the first five games of the season.
With her 73 minutes of scoreless action in goal this afternoon, McGee lowered her season goals against average to 0.415, which ranks third best in all of the PSAC and second-best in the PSAC East entering play on Saturday afternoon.
Up Next:
West Chester returns to action on Saturday at home vs Shepherd beginning at 12 p.m.
