Photo: Jocelyn Kline

The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team faced Penn State Berks Tuesday, Oct. 2 at home on Ira R. Herr field. Junior Lydia Lawson had a total of four shots in this match along with her teammate senior Shannon Conlon, who had two shots.

Sophomores Alli Lasky and Janelle Barna both had a shot each as well. The first half ended scoreless as both teams fired away. As the statistics show, the Lions out-shot the Jays 20-10 with nine out of their 20 points being on net, testing the Blue Jays’ sophomore goalkeeper Christine Fox. Fox made seven saves throughout the 90 minute match. This was an unfortunate loss for Etown, but they did make it up this week.

The women faced Drew University Saturday, Oct. 6 with home field advantage and fought for the win. Just over a minute into the game, Lasky and Conlon passed the ball upfield to Lawson’s feet where she opened up the match with a breathtaking goal.

About 11 minutes later, junior Madison Burnham was able to settle a rebound from the Rangers’ goalkeeper and then quickly feed it to Conlon, who gave the perfect pass to Lawson.

Lawson then beamed it into the net yet again. This goal would ultimately win the game for the Jays. Around the 30 minute mark, Drew did score a goal but could not earn the win by the end of the match. The women will play the University of Scranton Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.

The Etown men’s soccer team beat Drew by one as well Oct. 6 at home. First-year Garrett Winchilla earned his third goal of the season at the 82 minute mark to take the win.

Overall, the match was actively in the Blue Jays’ hands, as they shot more than double what the Rangers put on the board. The game was heavily on the offense as there were many different shot attempts.

Senior Gilbert Waso had a whopping five shots, along with senior Alex Musgnug who had two. Senior Brian Gately also stood out with four total saves, locking in his fourth shut out of the season.

The men will play The University Scranton Saturday, Oct. 13 starting at 1 p.m.