Blazers Take Down Blue Jays

Chicopee, MA – The Elms College women's soccer team won their fifth straight game on Wednesday night. The Blazers defeated University of Saint Joseph, CT 1-0 on Leary Field in GNAC action. This was the first meeting between the Blazers and the Blue Jays in over a decade.

THE BASICS:

SCORE: Elms 1, USJ 0

RECORDS: Elms (7-4-1, 6-3-0 GNAC), University of Saint Joseph (6-2-1, 3-2-1 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blazers kicked things off with the first shot of the match at the 2 minute mark by Morgan Foucault (Putnam, CT). With the first half being scoreless there were still 7 combined shots taken with Elms having the majority of 4 shots.

The Blazers capitalized on a mistake from the USJ defense early in the second half, as senior forward Morgan Foucault made a great juke just outside the box before sending a strike past USJ goalie, Victoria Schaffner for the lone goal of the match. In the last three minutes USJ made their final push with a shot on goal saved by Angela Picheo (Wood-Ridge, N.J.).

Kayla Pasquel (North Attleboro, MA) played 90 minutes and was fantastic in the middle of the field.

Kelly Malheiro (Long Island, NY) was a force on the outside.

Paige Silva (Swansea, MA) was amazing on the back-line, she was our player of the match.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Foucault scored the game winning goal for the Blazers
• Elms outshot USJ 8 – 7 and held a 5 – 3 advantage in saves
• Angela Picheo had a five-save shutout in a full 90 minutes

FROM THE DESK OF COACH MILBIER:
"Another massive GNAC result for us on Leary Field. Last night was an absolute battle against a top team in the conference! I'm beyond proud of the EC effort we put in, we were switched on for 90 minutes and executed our game plan almost to perfection."

UP NEXT:

The Blazers will be on the road Saturday, 10/9 against host, GNAC opponent, Lasell University for a 3PM start.

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