Women's Soccer Offense Awakens in Victory over Newbury

WPI 12, Newbury 1

Worcester, MA --- Six different WPI players tallied their first career goal to help the Engineers defeat visiting Newbury 12-1 in non-conference women's soccer action on Thursday evening. With the win, the Crimson and Gray improve their record to 5-4 while Newbury dips to 0-7.

Amanda Young (Goffstown, NH), Victoria Howland (Red Hook, NY), Stacy Rudolf (Somers, CT), Hailey Taylor (Colusa, CA), Nica Sylvia (West Tisbury, MA) and Jackie Ciesynski (Pawtucket, RI) all found the back of the net for the first time as the Engineers won their final non-conference contest of the season.

Kristen Garza (Kingston, MA) notched a hat trick giving her a team-best seven markers on the season. The sophomore now has 22 career goals and moved past Agnieszka Ziolek '05 for third all-time on the WPI scoring list. Ziolek had 19 goals during her standout career.

Rudolf and Howland each netted a pair of goals while Kelsey Mawhiney (Johnson, RI), dished out a game-best two assists. Katie Partridge (Worcester, MA), Sylvia and Ciesynski each were credited with a goal and an assist on the night.

Newbury dented the scoring column in the 64th minute when Rachel Wyszynski (Wilbraham, MA) knocked home a rebound from Ashley Greene-Allen (Brockton, MA) for her second goal of the season.

Abaigeal Caras (Essex, CT) and Sabrina Zayas (Canton, MA) shared time in net for WPI with Caras earning the win and Zayas picking up the only save. Newbury goalkeeper Anastasia Tridenti (Gloucester, RI) was stellar in net for the Hawks, recording an impressive 14 stops.

Both teams are off until conference matches on Saturday afternoon. WPI entertains MIT in its NEWMAC opener at 1pm while Newbury ventures to Bay Path for a 2pm NECC contest.

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