Smith 4, WPI 2

Box Score

Northampton, MA --- Smith scored three unanswered goals in the second half of today's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest against WPI to take a 4-2 victory. With the win, Smith improves to 5-5-1 overall and 2-1-1 in conference play while WPI falls to 5-6-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the NEWMAC.

WPI scored the opening goal 12:42 into the game as senior Kelly Thompson (Pine Bush, NY) went one on one with keeper Lauren Bachtel (Dublin, OH) and slid the ball past her to give the Engineers a 1-0 advantage. Smith equalized the score five minutes later when Brittoni Famous (Collegeville, PA) headed the ball into the upper right corner of the net off a corner kick by Caitlin Colman-McGaw (Manchester, CT). The Engineers scored the go ahead goal at the 32:07 mark when Ashley Maiorano (Southampton, MA) chipped the ball to Jocelyn Moody (Bainbridge Island, WA) who found the back of the net to give WPI a 2-1 halftime lead.

The second half belonged to the Pioneers as they outshot the visitors thirteen to three. First year Sara Dilegge (Mashpee, MA) tallied her first goal of the season at the 48:54 mark with the assist from Dalyn Houser (Atlanta, GA). Houser followed with her own goal eight minutes later as she followed through on a shot that dribbled off the hands of keeper Liz Glasson (Worcester, MA). Famous picked up her second goal of the day with eight minutes remaining in the game with the assist from Houser to round out the scoring for the Pioneers.

Smith will be in action again on Tuesday when they travel to NEWMAC and valley rival Mount Holyoke for a 4 p.m. game.

WPI also returns to action on Tuesday with a conference match at city rival Clark at 6:30pm.

Release courtesy of Smith Sports Information