Women’s Soccer Kicks Off Conference Play with 4-0 Shutout over MCLA

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After a scoreless opening stanza, Worcester State broke through with three early second half goals in this afternoon’s Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) season opener, ultimately handing MCLA a 4-0 loss.

Worcester St.

4-1-2, 1-0-0

MCLA

0-4-0, 0-1-0

Final	1	2	T
Worcester St. (4-1-2, 1-0-0)	0	4	4
MCLA (0-4-0, 0-1-0)	0	0	0

Women’s Soccer Kicks Off Conference Play with 4-0 Shutout over MCLA

September 16, 2017

Scoring Summary

2nd - 48:08 - Kaitlin Beluzo (Worcester St.)

2nd - 52:18 - Maddie Fong (Worcester St.)

2nd - 55:15 - Jenna Martin (Worcester St.)

2nd - 84:52 - Rachel Dixson (Worcester St.)

Game Leaders

Worcester St.

G: 4 Players (#3, #8, #9, #18) - 1

A: N/A

Sh: Jenna Martin - 7

Sv: Jill Zinkus - 1

MCLA

G: N/A

A: N/A

Sh: Kayla Baker - 1

Sv: Megan Richardson - 15

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Worcester St.	MCLA
Shots (on goal)	33 (20)	1 (1)
Saves	1	16
Fouls	6	6
Corner Kicks	14	2
Offsides	1	0

Full stats

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After a scoreless opening stanza, Worcester State broke through with three early second half goals in this afternoon's Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) season opener, ultimately handing MCLA a 4-0 loss.

THE BASICS

September 16, 2017
Shrewcraft Field
Score: Worcester State 4, MCLA 0
Records: Worcester State (4-1-2, 1-0 MASCAC) | MCLA (0-4, 0-2 MASCAC)

1^ST HALF

Worcester State came out of the gates on the attack peppering MCLA goalkeeper Meg Richardson (Adams, Mass.) and forcing her to make several spectacular saves as part of her 11 total stops in the first half. The Trailblazers would spend most of the half on their heels in their defensive end as the Lancers dominated time of possession outshooting MCLA 21-0 in the period.

2^nd HALF

Just 3 minutes into the second half after another brilliant diving save by Richardson, Worcester's Kaitlin Beluzo (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) would finally break through as she would put the rebound off of Richardson in the back of the net for her 5^th goal of the season giving the Lancers a 1-0 advantage.

In the 54^th minute following a handball call in the box, Maddie Fong (Norton, Mass.) would score her 1^st collegiate goal converting the penalty kick and just over 3 minutes later she would assist on Jenna Martin's (Salem, N.H.) first goal of the season as she headed home Fong's free kick.

Worcester's pressure would continue throughout the 2^nd half. The Lancers would have several more excellent scoring chances that were turned away by the MCLA defense including two fantastic saves by Richardson on breakaways. Worcester's Rachel Dixson (Douglas, Mass.) would add a late goal in the 85^th minute giving the Lancers the 4-0 victory.

A NUMBERS GAME

Worcester State Jill Zinkus (Grafton, Mass.) earned her third career victory in goal, stopping one shot on net.
For the game, Worcester would outshoot MCLA 33-1 forcing Richardson to make 15 saves.
The Lancers also held the advantage in corners (14-2).

UP NEXT

The Lancers will next travel to Wenham to take Gordon College this upcoming Wednesday while the Trailblazers will head to Albany on Tuesday to take on SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Release Courtesy of MCLA Sports Information