Early Goals Lift Mt. Union Over Women's Soccer

ALLIANCE, Ohio – It took Mt. Union women's soccer less than two minutes after the opening whistle to take a 2-0 lead en route to a 2-1 decision over Penn State Behrend in non-conference action on Wednesday night.

The Raiders (4-1) earned their fourth win of the season behind an early goal and an assist from Kylee Kolesar. Senior Valerie Wagner (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) found the back of the net for the Lions (0-5) in the second half, while freshman Taylor Troyan (Butler, PA/Butler) made a total of five saves on 14 shots.

Kolesar had a hand in each goal for Mount Union. She played a through ball to Wall, who then touched the ball around Troyan just 37 seconds into the game.  Less than a minute later, the Raiders had a 2-0 lead thanks to Jessica Finkler lofting the ball into Kylee for the header.

Wagner gave Behrend hope with an unassisted goal in the 66^th minute. Maria Favorite came out of the goal to stop a ball and the rebound came back to Wagner who put it away to make it 2-1.

The Lions only took two more shots on goal in the remaining 24 minutes, with Sam Vasy's (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) shot being saved by Favorite.

The shot count was in favor of the Raiders, 14-6.                

The loss marks the first time since 2008 the Lions opened the season 0-5.

Behrend returns to action on Saturday at home against Westminster. Game time is 1 p.m.