BEREA, Ohio - By giving up more goals than it did in its previous seven games combined, the Westminster College women's soccer team lost 4-2 at Baldwin-Wallace Saturday in a nonconference game. The Titans, whose four wins and one tie came via shutouts, fall to 4-3-1 on the season. The Yellow Jackets improve to 5-5.
Baldwin-Wallace led 1-0 at halftime after Angie Wigton scored off a corner kick rebound in the 22nd minute for her third goal of the season.
The Yellow Jackets' lead swelled to 3-0 early in the second half from a 51st-minute goal by Lindsey Cooper and a 52nd-minute tally off the foot of Brigitte Petrash.
Westminster answered quickly when senior forward Sarah Nee (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) scored 21 seconds later from 25 yards out. Nee's goal was her eighth goal of the season and the 44th of her career to move her into a fourth-place tie on Westminster's career goals chart with Katie Krone (1999-2002).
After B-W's Rachel Gokey scored in the 55th minute to put the Yellow Jackets up 4-1, before Westminster netted a late goal in the 73rd minute from junior midfielder Brittany Grabski (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell), her second of the season.
Westminster was playing the game without injured goalkeeper Jenn Cantella (Freedom, Pa./Freedom) who has five shutouts this season. Instead, freshman Maura Miglioretti (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) saw her first action in goal and made seven saves while giving up four goals and facing 17 shots.
Caitlin Sutter made eight saves in goal for Baldwin-Wallace.
Westminster returns to action at Juniata Wednesday at 4 p.m.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is a top tier liberal arts college, a national leader in graduation rate performance, and a "Great School, Great Price," according to U.S. News Best Colleges guide. Westminster ranked 38th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly College Guide, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 373 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and is named to the President's Honor Roll for excellence in service learning.
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus. Visit www.westminster.edu/advantage to view "Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020.
