WEST CHESTER, PA – Second-ranked East Stroudsburg put in the first two goals of the game and withstood a West Chester push near the end of the game to come away with a 2-1 victory over the sixth-ranked Golden Rams in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tilt at Vonnie Gros Field Tuesday.
West Chester (9-7, 4-5 PSAC) saw its playoff hopes vanish with the loss. East Stroudsburg (14-2, 7-1) kept pace with Shippensburg for first place with the win and will wrap up the No. 1 seed in the PSAC Tournament with a win over IUP on Saturday.
ESU notched its two goals nearly two minutes apart in the second quarter to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Almost one minute after that, Paige Wolfe (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East), scored her third of the season off an assist from Adriana Palumbo (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) to cut the deficit in half.
All the scoring took place within a four-minute span of the second quarter Tuesday.
West Chester goalkeeper Alina Burger (Konigs, Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany) made five saves in the loss. ESU goalkeeper Amy Supey made six.
West Chester concludes its 2023 season on Friday at New Haven in a non-conference tilt.
No. 2 ESU Holds off No. 6 West Chester, 2-1
WEST CHESTER, PA – Second-ranked East Stroudsburg put in the first two goals of the game and withstood a West Chester push near the end of the game to come away with a 2-1 victory over the sixth-ranked Golden Rams in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tilt at Vonnie Gros Field Tuesday.
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