NORTON, MA --- Wheaton freshman Rebecca Raymond (Lowell, MA) scored a goal in each half for the Lyons to defeat WPI in NEWMAC conference action Saturday afternoon at Mirrione Stadium.  Remaining undefeated at 6-0-1, the Lyons came into today's action ranked 21st in the country and third in the region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).  The Engineers fell to 1-6.
 
Wheaton tallied four first-half goals, including senior Emily Hough's (Norwich, VT) winner at 19:09.  Off a corner kick from freshman Joy-Marie Fernandes (Woburn, MA), Hough took the carom off the right post, juked an Engineer defender and blasted her left-footed shot past WPI freshman goalie Maddie Willer (Penfield, NY).
 
Hough's goals marked the first of a string of four spanning 7:58.  Sophomore Cassey Muse's (Candia, NH) 20-yard strike from just outside the top of the box made the score 2-0 at 21:53 before senior Alessia Viscomi's (Newton, MA) header off a Fernandes corner 3:39 later pushed the advantage to three. 
 
Raymond completed the first-half scoring with the first of her two goals at 27:07, as she caught up to a Muse cross from the right side to the far post for the finish.  Just 1:53 into the second frame, Raymond struck again, this time firing a shot from the right flank into the upper left corner of the net.

Junior Tori Howland (Red Hook, NY) paced the Engineers with two shots, while four others had one in the contest.

Lyon junior goalie Lindsay Leddy (Warwick, RI) made two first-half stops in a game where Wheaton held a 30-6 shot advantage while taking all five corners.  Willer finished with 12 saves in the loss.
 
Wheaton steps out of league play Sunday for a 1pm match at Husson University.  WPI hosts UMass-Boston under the lights Thursday at 7pm.

Release Courtesy Wheaton Sports Information