Women’s Soccer Falls to Hartford

BOSTON, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology women's soccer team fell to the Hartford Hawks 6-1 in Saturday's home finale. Emily Hagen tallied the lone goal for the Leopards while Jordan Dahan added an assist. Shyla Kulesza had six saves on the afternoon. 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Wentworth nearly took the lead as Dahan's effort from the top of the box in the 11^th minute was pushed onto the post and cleared away. Hartford answered with a great chance to open the scoring in the 17^th minute, but Kulesza made a big save to keep the Hawks off the board.
• Kathleen Brush gave Hartford the lead in the 24^th minute, scoring directly from a corner kick. Just a minute later, the Hawks doubled their lead with a penalty kick converted by Rebecca Opdenbrouw.  Six minutes later, Opdenbrouw tallied her second goal of the game, finishing a shot that came off the post, putting the Hawks up 3-0. The visitors took a commanding three-goal lead into the half.
• Anastasia Nerney scored 10 minutes into the second half with an assist from Opdenbrouw, pushing the lead to 4-0. The Hawks scored twice in three minutes as Nerney tallied her second of the game and Cameryn Wilkinson got on the scoresheet to make it a 6-0 game with just over 20 minutes to play.
• Hagen scored for the Leopards in the 88^th minute, ripping a shot into the top right corner on an indirect free kick. Dahan had the assist on the goal.

THE SERIES:

• Today was the 3rd all-time meeting between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth travels to Roger Williams on Tuesday.

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