Harrisburg Sails to 2-0 Victory Over Wesley

Harrisburg Sails to 2-0 Victory Over Wesley

Harrisburg, Pa.- The Penn State Harrisburg women's soccer team earned a 2-0 shutout this afternoon against the visiting Wesley Wolverines. The Lion's got goals from freshman Raquel Grice and sophomore Kristen Stark.

Penn State Harrisburg Starters

Grice, Haladay, Edwards, Miller, Stark, Fake, Asper, Hile, Vavrek, Arnold, Hemler

Wesley Starters

Check, Ryan, Moore, Butkus, Williams, Cummings, Roberts, Ford, Griffith, Trujillo, Gausepohl

Records: Harrisburg (6-8, 3-2) Wesley (4-7-1, 0-5)

Shots on Goal: Harrisburg 7 Wesley 4

Shots: Harrisburg 22 Wesley 7

Corner Kicks: Harrisburg 3 Wesley 4

Saves: Harrisburg 4 Wesley 5

How it Happened

-The Blue and White grabbed their first goal of the match up in the 12th minute. Madison Hemler played a ball into the box and bounced around for a few seconds before Raquel Grice finished it into the back of the net

-The Lion's had several quality scoring opportunities during the remaining 32 minutes but the women could not get past the Wolverines keeper

-Kristen Stark dribbled past several defenders before cracking the back of the net in the 58th minute for Harrisburg's final goal of the game. Stark now has seven goals this season for the Lion's

-With only three minutes to go, Rachel Asper came up big for Harrisburg with a defensive save to keep a zero for the home team

-Kayla Arnold recorded her her second shutout of the year with four saves in net

Individual Leaders:

Penn State Harrisburg

Raquel Grice: 1 goal, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal

Kristen Stark: 1 goal, 6 shots, 2 shots on goal

Madison Hemler: 3 shots, 1 assist

Elizabeth Clippinger: 2 shots, 1 on goal

Wesley

Janiah Moore: 2 shots, 1 shot on goal

Sammy Williams: 2 shots, 1 shot on goal

What's Next?

Penn State Harrisburg will travel to Marymount (Va.) on Saturday October 15th. Game time is scheduled for 1 pm.