NORTON, Mass.--
In the penultimate game of their season, Coast Guard women's soccer dropped a 1-0 game on the grass to Wheaton College. The Lyons improve to 10-4-2 (7-2-1 NEWMAC) with the win. They will close out their season with a home game vs Salve Regina at 1:00 PM on Saturday October 31st.Â
It was a game of opportunities for CGA and Wheaton, the Lyons out-shot the Bears 22-7, putting seven on goal to just three. The lone score for Wheaton came with under 10 minutes to go in the first half after a throw in to the corner resulted in a crossing pass just in front of goal that was headed in past a diving
Julia Little (Pensacola, Fla.). Little was strong despite the losing effort, making six saves for the Bears.Â
The Bears did surge in the late going. In the 88th minute
Lulu Vlases (Bozeman, Mont.) made two Lyon defenders miss and sent a shot at goal that sailed off high. The lone shot on goal in the first half for the Bears came off the foot of Vlases' fellow back
Anabelle Pezzullo (Ashaway, R.I.).
In the final 90 seconds, the Bears got two of their three shots on goal of the day. The first came from
Kaela Hoss (Old Lyme, Conn.) who took a Pezzullo cross that ricocheted off the Lyon keeper and sent it back at goal but
Olivia King (Simsbury, Conn.) was there for the save. Then, as the final 10 seconds were counting down, Pezzullo sent a strong corner kick into the box that
Ellie Millner (Woodbridge, Va.) headed high towards goal but King jumped up to save it and put the game on ice.
The Bears fourth consecutive shutout drops them to 2-8-6 (0-6-4 NEWMAC) on the season. Their final game of the season will come on the road on Saturday October 31st with a 3:00 PM kickoff at Smith College. The Smith Bears currently sit at 0-12-3 on the season, 0-7-2 NEWMAC.
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