Beaver Soars Past Villa Maria

By Matylda Zamudio

New Brighton -- The Beaver Women's Soccer team defeated Villa Maria, 5-0.

In their first home game of the season, the Lady Lions faced-off against Villa Maria this Saturday afternoon. After losing their first three roads games, the Lady Lions aimed to turn their season around by winning today's home game.

As the first period commenced, the ladies looked enegerized; the offense played solid and passed the ball fluidly into scoring terriorty just minutes in. Anna Marianne Diallo and Katie Valiga both made shot attempts in the first four minutes. Valiga played agressive and attempted 10 shots total in the first 27 minutes. 28 minutes in, Roxy Stalnaker put pressure on Villa Maria's defensive, and attempted 2 shots in less than mniute. 34 minutes in, not taking her foot off the gas, Valiga launched a shot straight into Villa Maria's net, scoring Beaver's first goal. Jessica Robles assisted on the play. In the next eight minutes, Valiga launched 3 corner kicks, attempting to increase Beaver's lead before the clock ran out in the first half.

During the second half, the team got hot, as ladies retained possession for a majority of the period. 59 minutes in, Brianna Sanford scored a second goal for Beaver. Villa Maria's offense struggled agaisnt the Lady Lions during the next 14 minutes, and Beaver easily gained the ball back. Abbie Miller swung, and scored a goal 75 minutes in, putting Beaver up 3-0. Beaver's fiery attack presisted, as Valiga and Diallo scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, ending the 5-0. Thanks to a collective effort from the ladies, Beaver was victorious, winning their first game of the season.

After today's game, the women's soccer team are 1-3 overall.

Beaver plays on the road against Penn State Mont Alto on Wednesday, September 19. Gametime is at 2 p.m.