Women's Soccer drops third straight as they fall at Castleton 3-1
Castleton, VT- The host Castleton State Spartans controlled play for much of the evening as they ran past the MCLA Trailblazers 3-1 this evening. With the win, Castleton improves to 3-2 while the Trailblazers are still in search of their first win as they fall to 0-3-1.
Castleton jumped on the board first as Sarah Carlson scored her fourth goal of the season in the 20th minute after she corralled a loose ball and ripped a shot into the left corner for a 1-0 lead. The Spartans would extend just three minutes later when Bri DiPhillipo launched a shot from 40 yards out that was perfectly lofted over Trailblazer keeper Katy Daly.
MCLA would respond with its only goal late in the half when Nicole Zacchio would be the beneficiary of a loose ball in the Castleton zone as she trimmed the margin to just 2-1 at halftime.
The Spartans would eventually keep the pressure on an in the 72nd minute, Mallory Costello scored from inside the box to provide the final margin.
Castleton owned a one sided shot advantage as they would outshoot MCLA 37-4 in the contest. The Spartans also owned an 11-0 edge in corner kicks.
Daly was busy in goal for MCLA stopping seven shots on the night. Castleton's Jessica Binkowski made one save in registering the shutout.
MCLA is back in action on Saturday when they travel to Elms College for a 1pm kickoff.