WEST CHESTER, Pa.- After finishing its road slate with a 1-0 victory over Shepherd on Wednesday afternoon, the 16
th-ranked West Chester University women's soccer team (12-1-1, 10-1-1) returns home on Saturday for a senior day clash with Shippensburg (4-8-3, 2-8-2) beginning at 12 p.m. on Rockwell Field. Entering the final days of the regular season, West Chester and No. 4 Kutztown remain tied for first atop the PSAC East standings with 31 points and two games to play. Kutztown will host Mansfield in Kutztown on Saturday afternoon before visiting West Chester on Wednesday for the regular-season finale.
West Chester vs. Shippensburg
Game Details: October 24- 12 P.M. | Rockwell Field (West Chester, Pa.)
Series: 38-6-1
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- West Chester picked up an important win over Shepherd on the road on Wednesday afternoon after Adriana Ryder (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) scored her fourth goal and third-game winning goal of the season midway through the first half in West Virginia. Grace Keen (Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove) made six saves in the victory to pick up her 12th win of the season, tying Hilary Smart for second in career victories, while also picking up her 34th shutout, which is the second most in team history.
- Saturday will be Senior Day in West Chester as the Golden Rams pause to honor their seven-player senior class prior to their final Saturday home game of the 2026 regular season. The Golden Rams senior class includes Keen, Brielle Zink (Islip, N.Y./Islip), Carley Slavin (Abington, Pa./Abington), Kate Alexander (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip), Maddie Mosier (Hockessin, Del./Padua), Ryder, and Lauren Reimold (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East). The Golden Rams senior class captured its first Atlantic Regional Championship last fall at Shepherd and has played in the Regional Championship game in each of their first two NCAA Tournament appearances as a group.
- For fans following the journey of Isabella "Bella" Stankunas, whose story we told in this feature earlier this season, the US Women's Cerebral Palsy National Team is on to the IFCPF World Cup Finals against Australia after a dominant 15-0 victory over Ireland in the semifinals. Australia punched its ticket to the finals with a 10-0 Semifinal victory over Finland. Team USA won the Inaugural title in 2022 and finished as a runner-up to Australia in 2024. The final will be played on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. and will stream live on the IFCPF YouTube Channel.
- Shippensburg enters play on Saturday at 4-8-3 overall and 2-8-2 in league play after a 3-1 win over Mansfield on Wednesday following a 1-1 draw against East Stroudsburg on October 17 on October 17, which snapped a modest two-game losing streak. Ashley Hughes and Paige Marek are first and second on the team in scoring with six and five goals each for 12 and 10 points, respectively. Andrea Black is third in scoring with two goals and four assists for eight points. In goal, Kirstin Brown is 3-8-3 with a 1.92 goals-against average and a hand in three shutouts in 1170 minutes of action.
- West Chester is 38-6-1 against Shippensburg after going 1-0-1 against the Raiders last fall and opening the series this year with a 4-1 victory at Shippensburg on September 12. West Chester is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings, including a 4-0 win on Rockwell last October, and has not fallen to the Raiders in West Chester since 2002.
Up Next
West Chester will finish its regular season against Kutztown next Wednesday afternoon beginning at 2 p.m. With a victory over Shippensburg on Saturday and a Kutztown win over Mansfield, next Wednesday's clash with Kutztown will serve as the de facto PSAC East Championship game, with the winner of that matchup capturing the Regular Season Eastern Division title.
