WEST CHESTER, Pa.- Brandon Duke (Royersford, Pa./Spring Ford) scored a mid first-half goal and
Frankie Taylor (Delran, N.J./Delran) added one of his own midway through the second half as West Chester (3-1) rolled to a 2-0 non-league victory over Goldey-Beacom (0-4) on a warm Saturday afternoon on Rockwell Field.
Goldey-Beacom generated the first good scoring opportunity of the game off a corner kick, with just over 10 minutes gone in the first half but the shot went harmlessly wide to the right to keep the game locked at 0-0.
Just over 10 minutes later, West Chester generated a nice opportunity of its own as
Josh Daniels (Fleetwood, Pa./Oley Valley) cranked a shot from just above the top of the 18 but it also went high to keep the game locked at 0-0 approaching the 30th minute of play.
In the 31
st minute, Duke found the back of the net for the first time in his career as a Golden Ram with a beautiful flick off of a feed from
Ryan Keenan (Bethlehem, Pa./Northampton) following a Taylor corner to give the Golden Rams a 1-0 lead, which would hold up heading into the halftime break.
West Chester ended the first half with an impressive 8-4 advantage in shots and a 2-1 lead ins hots on goal while also owning a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks through the first 45 minutes of action.
In the 60
th minute, Goldey-Beacom threatened to even the score but the shot from Cameron Michalak rang the far post and continued out of bounds to give West Chester a deep throw.
West Chester extended its lead in the 61
st minute when Taylor found his way into the goal column for the first time his Golden Ram career as well off an assist from
Jason Goldfeder (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) to put West Chester ahead 2-0 over the Lightning.
The Lightning generated a final good scoring opportunity with just under five minutes to play in the contest as they looked to avoid the shutout but the shot missed to the right as West Chester rolled to the 2-0 non-league victory.
West Chester ended the match with a 23-7 advantage in shots and 12-2 lead in shots on goal while also ending the contest with a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Daniel Good (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East) made two saves in goal en route to his first shutout of the year while his counterpart made 10 big stops, including a save on a
Kendall Walkes (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) PK attempt to keep his side in the contest and limit the potent Golden Ram offense.
Up Next:
West Chester returns to action on Wednesday evening at Shippensburg beginning at 4 p.m.
