Women's Soccer Blanks Salem State, 3-0

WESTFIELD, Mass.  --- Westfield State women's soccer got three different goal scorers as the Owls defeated Salem State, 3-0 in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game on Saturday at Alumni Field.

Westfield improves to 2-0 in the league and 2-4-1 overall, while Salem State is now 5-1-1 and 2-1 in the conference.

Westfield broke out of a scoring slump that saw them score one goal or less in each of their first six games of the season.

The Owls got on the scoreboard first in the 37^th minute, with defender Kylie Tomasetti coming forward to head home a corner kick from Morgan Berthiaume.   Westfield added a second goal before the intermission, when a Salem State defender poked the ball loose in the 41^st minute, but the ball went directly to Westfield's Julianna Lanzillo near the top of the 18 to blast home the goal and give the Owls a 2-0 lead.

The Owls added the third marker of the day in the 53^rd minute, with Olivia Crooks and Kiana Muratsuka playing keep away on the left side of the penalty area with Muratsuka feeding a pass back to Crooks for the goal.

Westfield outshot the Vikings 25-4 on the afternoon (and 20-1 in the first half).  Westfield's Julia Robak made two saves on the day the toughest coming when deflecting away a corner kick from Salem's Krysta Zamejtis in the 68^th minute.

Ava Guyer made eight saves for the Vikings.

Westfield will be back in action at home on Wednesday evening, hosting Mount Holyoke in a non-conference game versus Mount Holyoke.