NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College women's soccer team defeated Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) opponent Thiel College, 5-0, on Tuesday evening.
 
The Titans honored seniors Keely Birsic (North Ridgeville, OH / Elyria Catholic), Angela Bowell (Youngstown, OH / Ursuline), Mackenzie Gruber (Hermitage, PA / Hickory), and Emily Irvine (Cheswick, PA / Deer Lakes) before the match.
 
Westminster improved to 11-3 overall and a perfect 4-0 in PAC play, while Thiel fell to 2-9-3 overall and 1-2-1 in the conference.
 
Westminster scored the first goal courtesy of Birsic in the 34^th minute. Birsic knocked in a free kick from 40 yards out to give the Titans a 1-0 lead. The score would stay the same at halftime. Early in the second half (52^nd minute), Birsic scored her second goal of the contest with another free kick, this time from 20 yards out to extend the Titan lead, 2-0. Just four minutes later (56^th minute), junior Kayla Trozzi (Monroeville, PA / Gateway) Trozzi connected with the back of the net for her fourth goal of the season, giving Westminster a 3-0 lead. Less than a minute later, in the 57^th minute, sophomore Jocelyn Gillette (Natrona Heights, PA / Highlands) received the ball inside the box off a corner kick from Birsic and scored her fourth goal of the season (4-0). Birsic netted her third goal of the match (and ninth of the season) for her first-career hat trick. First-year Ashley Frank (Mentor, OH / Mentor) was credited with the assist.
 
The Titans outshot Thiel, 23-1, and led in corner kicks 4-0.
 
Westminster is back in action Saturday, October 13 on the road at PAC foe Saint Vincent College. Start time is set for 3 p.m.