HORSHAM, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's soccer team improved its record to 4-1 in conference play and 5-2 overall with a 6-0 victory over SUNY Cobleskill today.
Sophomore forward
Kayla Nolan (Abington, Pa.) scored four goals, three in the first half and once in the second, to lead the scoring parade. Freshman
Elizabeth Jones (Philadelphia, Pa.) and
Jill Osborn (Philadelphia, Pa.) accounted for two other tallies. Four other Nittany Lions were on the front end of the goals with assists.
Jones put in the first goal for the Blue and White in the 12
th minute after teammate
Molly Wyman (Abington, Pa.) made a direct shot, only to be deflected off the hands of the Cobleskill goalkeeper, Sabrina Adams, however the ball came loose as Jones found herself wide open on the left side of the net for the easy chip in goal to put Abington ahead 1-0 early into the contest.
Nolan began her barrage of goals 14 minutes later as she connected with
Ashley Quenzer (Philadelphia, Pa.), who intercepted the ball from her defender and quickly made the pass to Nolan, who drilled the ball into the top right corner from 15-yards out to put the Nittany Lions up 2-0.
Less than 10 minutes later, Nolan netted her second goal of the game on a strong pass from Osborn up the middle of the field for the fast break as it was a one-on-one battle between Nolan and Adams, in which Nolan fools Adams to dive left as she makes easy shot on the right side for the 3-0 score in favor of Abington.
The Nittany Lions refused to go easy on the Fighting Tigers as Abington scored a minute late when Nolan chipped in her hat trick goal on a beautiful cross over the top of the box from Jones as she headed the ball to the left bottom corner for the 4-0 lead before the break.
Osborn would later find the back of the net in the 62
nd minute before Nolan connected with
Jennifer Cifuentes (Bensalem, Pa.) to tally her fourth goal of the game in the 74
th minute for the Blue and White's 6-0 victory.
Abington outshot SUNY Cobleskill 40-4 with 24 of those shots on goal. Freshman goalkeeper
Margaret Sheridan came up with three saves on the day to record her fourth shutout of the year. With the four goals scored in today's contest, Nolan now leads the conference with 10 goals on the year.
Looking ahead, the Nittany Lions will have very little time to rest as they travel to Gleside, Pa. on Tuesday to take on the Knights of Arcadia University. The match is set for 7 p.m.
