Women’s Soccer Score Season-High Seven Goals in Win Over Patrick Henry

By: Frank Maira, Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Information Director

PURCELLVILLE, Va. – The Penn State Mont Alto women's soccer team won its second-straight non-conference game of the week, this time it was a 7-1 routing of Patrick Henry College on Thursday evening.

Inside the Box Score

• Mont Alto came out firing and it paid off with several first half goals. Within the opening half, PSUMA fired 11 shots and scored on five of them.
• Senior Maddie Shirley (Biglerville, Pa. / Biglerville) scored a brace within the first half and is second on the squad with four goals.
• The Nittany Lions scored on a corner kick and had 10 opportunities to do so against Patrick Henry.
• Goalkeeper Jesime Freet (Carlisle, Pa. / Carlisle) made four saves.

How it Happened

• Shirley got the scoring party started for Mont Alto with an effort that was originally saved by the keeper but deflected into the back of the net in the 5^th minute.
• Kara Newell (Shippensburg, Pa. / Shippensburg) provided what turned out to be her first of two assists on a nice feed to Kaitlin Provard (Mont Alto, Pa. / Cumberland Valley Christian) who finished it off.
• The Nittany Lions made it 4-0 when Tori Stouffer (Orrstown, Pa. / Cumberland Valley Christian) and Sarah Mackey (Norfolk, Va. / Granby) scored back-to-back goals that were minutes apart.
• Maddie Shirley (Biglerville, Pa. / Biglerville) gave her team the 5-0 lead with another unassisted effort before the halftime break.
• Kara Newell (Shippensburg, Pa. / Shippensburg) and Greyson McKnight (Sterling, Va. / Potomac Falls) scored the second half goals for PSUMA as they held on for the 7-1 win.

Mont Alto (3-4) square off against Penn State Brandywine in its opening match of the conference slate on Saturday with game time slated for 2 p.m.