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WSOC - vs. Rosemont
1
Rosemont RMC (1-1-0, 0-0-0)
5
Winner Penn St.-Abington PSA (2-1-0, 0-0-0)
Rosemont RMC
(1-1-0, 0-0-0)
1
Final
5
Penn St.-Abington PSA
(2-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Rosemont RMC 1 0 1
Penn St.-Abington PSA 4 1 5

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Abington Wins Home Opener with 5-1 Triumph Over Rosemont

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's soccer team had five different players score on its way to a 5-1 victory over visiting Rosemont College in a non-conference contest at Memorial Field on Thursday afternoon in the team's home opener.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 5, Rosemont 1
Records: Penn State Abington (2-1-0, 0-0-0 UEC) | Rosemont (1-1-0, 0-0-0 CSAC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Memorial Field)
 
Goal Scorers
Sarah Warner – RC (17) | Grace Burns – PSA (21') | Nikki Fischbach – PSA (26') | Sarah Gibbons – PSA (27') | Emma Frasca – PSA (28') | Kyrsten Strange – PSA (48')
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington scored all four of its first half goals in an eight-minute span to take a 4-1 lead into halftime.  Junior Grace Burns scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season in the 21st minute to tie the game at 1-1.
 
* In the 26th minute, freshman Nikki Fischbach connected on a shot from the far-left side that deflected off a defender into the back of the net to give Abington a 2-1 lead.  Just over a minute later, sophomore Sarah Gibbons scored an unassisted goal for her first goal of the season to extend the lead to 3-1.
 
* Abington capped the scoring in the opening half in the 28th minute with a goal by freshman Emma Frasca.  Burns and sophomore Madison McDowell were credited with assists on the play.
 
* Coming out of halftime, Abington struck within the first three minutes when freshman Kyrsten Strange scored her first goal of the season after receiving a nice pass from Gibbons.  The goal increased the Nittany Lions' lead to 5-1.
 
* Rosemont scored the game's first goal in the 17th minute.  Sarah Warner tallied her first goal of the season with Sophia Truran and Danielle DiMarco assisting on the play.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Three players recorded their first collegiate goals for the Nittany Lions, including Frasca, Fischbach, and Strange.
 
* Burns and Gibbons each totaled a game-high five points as both players scored a goal to go along with a pair of assists. 
 
* Goalkeeper Maria Tunney recorded a pair of saves in net for the Nittany Lions after entering in the final minutes of the first half and went on to close out the game.
 
* Abington out-shot Rosemont, 17-9, for the game, including 13-5 in the first half.  The Nittany Lions also held the edge on corner kicks, 6-1.
 
* Rosemont's Marissa Lotierzo finished the game with six saves.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the third meeting between Abington and Rosemont and the first since 2012.  The Nittany Lions are now 3-0-0 versus the Ravens in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 10 as the Nittany Lions host Wilson College in a non-conference contest.  Game time is set for 2 p.m.
 
 
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