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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Sep 08, 2012

Lyons pull away for 4-1 win over Seahawks

Birrell has scored all five of the Seahawks' goals over the past two contests.
Birrell has scored all five of the Seahawks' goals over the past two contests.
Box Score
Scoring Summary
1st - 44:10 - Cassey Muse (Wheaton (Mass.))
2nd - 46:45 - Kaitlyn Birrell (Salve Regina)
2nd - 54:06 - Lauren Corigliano (Wheaton (Mass.))
2nd - 56:10 - Gabriella Verde (Wheaton (Mass.))
2nd - 83:15 - Cat Amick (Wheaton (Mass.))
Game Leaders
Salve Regina
G: Kaitlyn Birrell - 1
A: Caitlin Eastwood - 1
Sh: Kaitlyn Birrell - 4
Sv: Jacqueline McPherson - 11
Wheaton (Mass.)
G: 4 Players (#6, #13, #17, #28) - 1
A: 3 Players (#17, #22, #28) - 1
Sh: Kristina Braga - 7
Sv: 3 Players (#1, #55, #TM) - 1
Team Stats
Full stats

NORTON, Mass. - The Wheaton College women's soccer team notched a 4-1 victory over non-league opponent Salve Regina University at Mirrione Stadium on Saturday afternoon.  Today marked the first meeting between the squads since 1997.

Wheaton moves to 2-0-1 after facing its second Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) opponent.  The Seahawks had their two-game win streak snapped in evening their season mark at 2-2.

Despite holding first-half advantages of 16-1 in shots and 5-0 in corner kicks,  Wheaton didn't have anything to show in the scoring column until 50 seconds remained, when senior Cassey Muse (Candia, N.H./Central) made her first appearance of the season a memorable one.  Freshman Cat Amick (Vashon, Wash./Vashon Island), who had a goal and an assist on the day, set up Muse with a left-footed cross into the box, where Muse headed home the pass.

Just 1:45 into the second frame, Seahawk senior Kaitlyn Birrell (Hope, R.I./Scituate) knotted the contest after sending her shot into the lower left corner of the net following a free kick by graduate student Caitlin Eastwood (Seymour, Conn./Seymour).

The hosts put the game out of reach with a pair of goals 2:04 apart, as sophomore Lauren Corigliano (Roselle Park, N.J./Roselle Park) converted Muse's cross at 54:06 and classmate Gabriella Verde (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) took advantage of a Salve handball by depositing her penalty-kick shot into the back of the net at 56:10.

In the 84th minute, Amick tacked on some extra insurance with Wheaton's fourth goal on a feed from freshman Kristin Caney (West Springfield, Mass./West Springfield).  First-year goalie Taylor Wilson (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) started the game and made one first-half stop before classmate Ali Hinton (Lafayette, Colo./Alexander Dawson School) turned aside one shot in collecting her first collegiate win.  Seahawk junior Jacqueline McPherson (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) made 11 saves in defeat.

The Seahawks return to the pitch on Tuesday to face Rhode Island College at home.

Release Courtesy of Wheaton Sports Information