CALIFORNIA (Sept. 18) – The Vulcans surrendered three goals in the second half on Wednesday night before dropping a 4-0 contest versus Edinboro in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West action at Phillipsburg Soccer Facility.
With the loss, the California University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team falls to 2-2 this season behind a 1-2 mark in conference play. Meanwhile, the Fighting Scots improve 2-2 overall with a 2-0 record in league action after opening the season with consecutive losses.
In the first half, Edinboro wasted little time establishing an early 1-0 lead at the 2:02-mark on goal from Rebecca Manns into the far right-corner of the net with an assist tallied by Brittnie Spithaler. The Vulcans countered with an attack by freshman
Abbey McComb (Sharon, Pa./Sharon) in the box in the sixth minute, but her shot was saved in front of the goal by the Fighting Scot goalkeeper. At the 8:28-mark, Cal U saw a scoring chance from freshman
Lindsie Galbreath (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) sail wide left from the net before a corner kick was unable to produce a shot moments later. Both teams trade possession midway through the first half before Edinboro saw a shot hit the post from Mary Sinan in the 39th minute. The Fighting Scots managed three more shots in the closing minutes of the first half and held a 5-3 shot advantage at the break.
Junior goalkeeper
Gianna Sinatra (Moon Twp., Pa./Moon) collected a pair of saves in the opening 15 minutes of the second half to keep the Vulcans within a goal of the lead. Edinboro would control possession offensively through the rest of the contest and added to the advantage at the 76:28-mark on a header from Manns, her second goal of the game. Just under five minutes later, the Fighting Scots increased the lead to 3-0 in the 81st minutes on a goal from Sidney Dobbins on a give-and-go at the front of the net. Audrey Taylor scored the final insurance goal for Edinboro in the final minute of the match on a cross into the box from the left side, 4-0.
Sinatra earned her first start of the season between the posts and totaled two saves on 11 shots faced in 90 minutes of action.
Edinboro finished the contest with an 11-5 shot advantage, while both teams registered five corner kicks.
Cal U is idle for a week before traveling to face Gannon in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.
