Women's Soccer Drops 5-1 Decision to Wheaton

NORTON, Mass. – Behind a hat-trick from sophomore forward Kaitlin Montoya (Placentia, Calif.), the Wheaton College women's soccer team defeated Bridgewater State University, 5-1, in non-conference action at Mirrione Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Lyons' senior co-captain Lauren Corigliano (Roselle Park, N.J.) netted her 24th career goal – and second of the 2014 campaign – just 40-seconds into the contest and the hosts never looked back. Montoya followed with back-to-back goals separated by exactly one minute at 7:26 and 8:26, before she completed her hat-trick in the 23rd minute to give Wheaton a 4-0 advantage at the time. Sophomore forward Alexa Sanchez (Houston, Texas) capped the scoring in the 36th minute with a tally on a feed from first-year Caren McCarthy (San Jose, Calif.) for her first goal of the season.

Bridgewater State broke up the shutout chance for the Lyons in the 65th minute as junior Olivia Planty (Litchfield, N.H.) sniped a shot into the upper right corner of the net off a pass outside of the box from freshman forward Courtney Pepin (Uxbridge, Mass.).

Wheaton junior forward Julia Cipriano (Middlebury, Conn.) initiated Corigliano's tally with a cross from the corner of the box which was then one-touched by Montoya to Corigliano for the opening score of the contest. First-year Megan Healy (Huntington, N.Y.) set up the first of three-straight markers from Montoya at 7:26 with a cross into the box, while Corigliano delivered a cross to Montoya from the left corner of the box one minute later to push the Blue and White ahead, 3-0, in less than ten minutes of play on the pitch. Montoya's final goal at 22:28 was an unassisted strike.

Lyons' junior goalkeeper Ali Hinton (Lafayette, Colo.) made two saves in the victory, her team-leading second of the season. Bridgewater State rookie goalkeeperCourtney Banzi (Plymouth, Mass.) stopped 13 shots in her first collegiate start. The Blue and White outshot the visitors 35-4 and won the corners matchup, 5-3.

Wheaton (3-0-0) travels to Williams College tomorrow for a non-conference matchup at 12 p.m. Bridgewater State (0-2-0) hosts Brandeis on Tuesday, September 9 at 3:30 p.m.