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Lindsay Balmer wearing home white on white kit carries the ball down the wing vs East Stroudsburg with an ESU defender wearing red and black jersey with black shorts closing the gap
0
East Stroudsburg ESU (5-6-2, 3-6-2)
4
Winner West Chester WCU (10-1-1, 9-1-1)
East Stroudsburg ESU
(5-6-2, 3-6-2)
0
Final
4
West Chester WCU
(10-1-1, 9-1-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
East Stroudsburg ESU 0 0 0
West Chester WCU 1 3 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

No. 17 Women's Soccer Rolls to 4-0 Victory over East Stroudsburg

WEST CHESTER, Pa.- Lindsey Balmer (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) scored the eventual game-winning goal in the 37th minute off a Brielle Zink (Islip, N.Y./Islip) to help lead the 17th-ranked West Chester University women's soccer team (10-1-1, 9-1-1) to a dominant 4-0 win over East Stroudsburg (5-6-2, 3-6-2) on Wednesday afternoon on Rockwell Field.

Balmer's goal was the lone first-half tally for West Chester, despite the Golden Rams outshooting the Warriors by a 16-7 margin in the opening 45 minutes.
The early pressure paid off quickly in the second half as West Chester scored three goals to roll to a 4-0 victory over the visiting Warriors.

The leg of Katie Dougherty (Glenmoore, Pa./Downingtown West) will not get top billing in the box score, however, it was her free kick efforts, which led to all three second half goals for the Golden Rams as she picked up assists on Lauren Reimold (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) and Emma Suhoski (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood)'s goals in the 72nd and 83rd minute and her free kick in the 49th led to a penalty kick goal by Kianna Barber (Browns Mills, N.J./BCIT).

Dougherty will not receive an assist on the stat sheet on Barber's fifth goal of the year and her third in the last two games, but it was her free kick into the box that led to East Stroudsburg keeper, Ava Perrone, fouling Adriana Ryder (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert), thus giving West Chester the early second-half penalty kick that Barber converted.

West Chester controlled the second half as well, finishing the match with a 25-11 lead in shots, including a 10-5 lead in shots on goal, while East Stroudsburg finished with a narrow 6-5 lead in corners after earning three and conceding just one in the second half.

Grace Keen (Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove) made five saves in goal for West Chester as she picked up her third shutout in a row.

Perrone made five saves in goal in 76 minutes for ESU, while Emmelia Rucks added a save of her own in the final seconds to keep the deficit at four.

Up Next

West Chester, who is now outscoring opponents 19-2 in its current five-match winning streak, will take to the road on Saturday afternoon to face Mansfield beginning at 1 p.m. before playing its final road match of the regular season at Shepherd next Wednesday afternoon.
 
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