Blazers Tame Bulldogs In NECC Play

Chicopee, MA – The Elms College women's soccer team picked up a home conference win over the visiting Dean College Bulldogs on Wednesday night on Leary Field. The Blazers would have three different players score in the 3-1 win.

Elms would get off to solid start, controlling the possession and dominating the stat column. The Blazers would be awarded a free kick from about 20 yards out after the Bulldogs were whistled for a handball at the 13:23 mark. Sydney Goodwin (Lawrence, MA) would step up and deliver a perfect strike up and over the wall and into the back of the net, giving her team a 1-0 lead.

The Blazers would double their lead just over five minutes later. Kayla Pasquel (North Attleboro, MA) and Shannon Denault (Chicopee, MA) would execute a perfect give-and-go that put Pasquel in 1v1 with the Dean keeper. Pasquel would slot a shot into the right side netting, doubling the lead to 2-0.

The second half started the same as the first with Elms controlling the game. The Blazers would add a third goal in the 53^rd minute when Goodwin and Paige Silva (Swansea, MA) were able to combine and set up Denault for her 4^th marker of the season.

The Bulldogs would make a push to get back into the game and start to apply pressure on the Blazer goal. A Key save from Becca Molin (West Hartford, CT) would keep Dean off of the board. The Bulldogs pressure would eventually pay off in the 86^th minute when they were awarded a penalty kick, and would covert it for their lone goal of the contest.

The Blazers are back in action on Saturday 10/26 at 10AM when they travel to Becker College for a NECC game.