NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's soccer team won its fourth straight match Wednesday with a 4-0 shutout over visiting Pitt-Bradford. The Titans have now averaged 5.5 goals per game during their four-match win streak.
The Titans (6-3-1) peppered the Panthers with 32 shots and four different players scored goals.
Junior forward Mallory Bugel (Valencia, Pa./Mars), who leads the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) in shot attempts this year with nearly five per game, registered a season-high nine shots including one for a goal in the ninth minute. The goal is Bugel's team-high sixth of the season.
Junior midfielder Kait Etzel-Hardman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) scored the Titans' second goal in the 38th minute on a corner kick.
Sophomore midfielder Abby Montgomery (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) scored her fourth goal of the season when she netted a 51st-minute goal on assists from senior Sarah Calderone (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) and sophomore Christina Adams (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard).
Senior forward Christa Andamsarais (West Farmington, Ohio/Champion) scored the game's final goal and her second of the season in the 67th minute.
Freshmen goalkeepers Lindsey Mellott (Cortland, Ohio/Lakeview) and Christine Clawges (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) combined for the shutout each making two saves.
Westminster plays its first PAC match that counts toward conference standings on Saturday, Oct. 7, when it hosts Washington & Jefferson.
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked among national leaders in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 361 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty, while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa. campus.
