Lackawanna College

9/5/26
 
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – The #3 Golden Rams from West Chester University put Lackawanna College women's soccer under constant pressure and came away with six tallies to win, 6-0, at Rockwell Field on Saturday afternoon.
 
West Chester (3-0-0) came in ranked at #3 in the latest United Soccer Coaches' Division II rankings, and they plastered the Falcons (0-3-0) with 25 shots in the first half and 46 shots all together. The Falcons withstood the pressure initially, allowing just a goal in the 13^th minute, and getting 12 saves from keeper Sophia Arvelo (Allentown, PA). The Falcons even managed to get a shot on target soon after the goal, when Aislyn Fitzgerald (Langhorne, PA) shot down the left touchline, cut to her right between defenders, then uncorked a low shot that was saved.
 
After halftime was where West Chester really started to get going, scoring five second half goals, four inside of the first 13 minutes, and ran away with the win.
 
Arvelo finished with 17 saves, as West Chester put 23 shots on target. The Golden Rams had 12 corner kicks to zero for the Falcons.
 
Besides Fitzgerald's shot, the Falcons had a pair of attempts from Isabella Caligiuri (Effort, PA) that almost got the Falcons on the board. One came in the 66^th minute, when a long ball from Darexy Monroy (Pleasantville, NJ) skipped over the defender's head and onto the foot of a sprinting Caligiuri, who nearly beat the keeper 1-v-1. The other came in the 74^th minute, when MacKenzie Seifried (Winfield, NJ) chipped a ball up over the defender for Caligiuri to run onto, but she couldn't chip the keeper to get the goal.
 
The next contest will stay in PSAC competition for the Falcons, as they'll host Mansfield University on Wednesday, September 9^th, at 3:30pm ET at Schautz Stadium in Dunmore.