DANBURY, Conn. – The Western Connecticut State University women's soccer team fell to visiting non-conference foe Trinity College, 3-0, on a soggy Tuesday night at the Westside Athletic Complex.
With the loss, the Wolves dropped to 1-2 overall while the Bantams improved to 1-0.
Trinity controlled the play finishing with an 18-4 advantage in shots as three different players pierced the scoring column.
After a scoreless first half, the Bantams got things going in the second. Junior midfielder Cassie Lee (Newton, Mass.) gathered a deflected ball and blasted a shot from the top of the box into the top-left corner of the twine to make it a 1-0 contest in the 52
nd minute of play.
Less than three minutes later, Trinity added to the lead when first year forward Elena Lindonen (Boxford, Mass.) chased down a long pass from junior defender Laurel Iorio (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and booted a low shot into the back of the net for her first career tally.
The visitors rounded the count out at 3-0 when senior midfielder Hannah Storozuk (Tolland, Conn.) took a feed from senior forward Julianna Kennedy (Andover, Mass.) and tickled the twine in the 85
th minute.
WestConn nearly broke up the shutout when junior midfielder
Hannah Daly (Newtown, Conn.) ripped a rocket off a corner kick feed from senior forward
Myah Croze (Bristol, Conn.). However, Bantam junior goalie Marina Cournoyer (St. Paul, Minn.) was able to smother the attempt.
Cournoyer finished with three saves, while WestConn senior netminder
Kristen Roessler (Danbury, Conn.) notched five.
The Wolves will look to rebound when they travel to non-league opponent Springfield College on Saturday at 11 a.m.