Box Score BETHANY, W.Va. – The Westminster College women's soccer team shut out Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Bethany College, 5-0, on the road Tuesday evening.
Westminster improved to 13-3 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the PAC. Westminster also extended its winning streak to seven games. Bethany fell to 3-12 overall and 0-6 in conference play.
Just three minutes into the game, junior
Kayla Trozzi (Monroeville, PA / Gateway) scored, giving Westminster an early 1-0 lead. 15 minutes later, at the 18:38 mark, Trozzi registered her second goal of the game, extending the lead, 2-0. Westminster led by the same score at halftime. 15 seconds into the second half, Trozzi netted her third goal of the game for her first-career hat trick. The goal was Trozzi's seventh of the season, which is second on the team and tied for fifth in the conference. Just one minute later (46:49), junior
Gabrielle Diamond (Moon Township, PA / Moon) connected with the back of the net (4-0) for her second goal of the year. In the 60
th minute, senior
Keely Birsic (North Ridgeville, OH / Elyria Catholic), who was named PAC Offensive Player of the Week last week, scored her tenth goal of the season to give Westminster a 5-0 cushion. Birsic's ten goals are tied for first in the PAC. Sophomore
Josephine Barnhart (Saint Petersburg, FL / Saint Petersburg) was credited with the assist, her second of the year.
First-year
Camille Holzschuh (Youngstown, OH / Boardman) earned four saves in 60 minutes of work between the pipes, earning her 13
th win of the season as the Titan goalkeeper. Westminster outshot Bethany, 18-5. Each team accounted for three corner kicks.
Westminster is back in action Saturday, October 20 at home against PAC opponent Washington & Jefferson College. Start time is set for 3:30 p.m.