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WSOC - Kaia Foss
1
Wells WEL (1-6-1, 1-3-0)
5
Winner Penn St.-Abington PSA (4-6-1, 2-1-0)
Wells WEL
(1-6-1, 1-3-0)
1
Final
5
Penn St.-Abington PSA
(4-6-1, 2-1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wells WEL 1 0 1
Penn St.-Abington PSA 4 1 5

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Abington Overpowers Wells, 5-1

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's soccer team earned its second straight United East Conference (UEC) victory after defeating Wells College, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 5, Wells 1
Records: Penn State Abington (4-6-1, 2-1-0 UEC) | Wells (1-6-1, 1-3-0 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Memorial Field)
 
Goal Scorers
Lydia Thomas – WC (9') | Amanda Armstrong – PSA (15') | Emma Frasca – PSA (28') | Madison Schmitt – PSA (39') | Grace Burns – PSA (42') | G. Burns – PSA (54')
 
How It Happened
 
* The Express scored the game's first goal in the ninth minute of action when Lydia Thomas scored her third goal of the season off a breakaway through the defense. 
 
* The lead didn't last long as the Nittany Lions tied the game off a deep shot from the center of the field by freshman Amanda Armstrong for her first collegiate goal.  Armstrong's goal in the 15th minute jump started a stretch of five unanswered goals by Abington.
 
* Abington grabbed its first lead of the game in the 28th minute when freshman Emma Frasca connected on her fourth goal of the season off a feed from sophomore Sarah Gibbons.  Ten minutes later the Nittany Lions struck again when freshman Madison Schmitt scored her first collegiate goal in the 39th minute to make the score 3-1.  Junior Grace Burns was credited with the assist on the play.
 
* Burns then scored a goal of her own to cap the scoring in the first half.  Burns tallied the first of her two goals in the 42nd minute off an assist from Gibbons.  Burns would tally her 10th goal of the season early in the second half with Gibbons once again supplying the helper. Burns' score made it a 5-1 game in the 54th minute.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* The two goals by Burns marked her third multi-goal game of the season and her 20th and 21st career goals.  Burns is the fifth player in program history to register 20-plus goals in a career.  She currently ranks fifth all-time in goals scored with 21.
 
* Gibbons' three assists tied the program record for most assists in a game.  She is the fourth player in program history to do so and the first since 2014.
 
* Freshman goalkeeper Rachel Wilfrid picked up the win in net as she made one save after facing only two shots by the Express the entire game.  The Nittany Lions outshot their opponent by a 33-2 margin.
 
* Armstrong and Schmitt each recorded their first collegiate goals in the game.
 
* For Wells, goalkeeper Jade Bouvier made eight saves in net over the first 70 minutes of action.  Thomas, who scored the team's lone goal, entered in net the final 20 minutes and made a pair of saves.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 11th meeting between Abington and Wells since the start of the 2011 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 10-1-0 versus the Express in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, Oct. 5 as the Nittany Lions host Penn State Berks in a United East contest.  Game time is set for 1 p.m.
 
 
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