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Wilmington Women’s Soccer Makes it Five in a Row with a 7-1 CACC Victory at Concordia

Copyright 2017; Wilmington University. All rights reserved. File photo of Preslie Quaranta against Post, who scored two goals at Concordia on Saturday, taken by James Jones.
Copyright 2017; Wilmington University. All rights reserved. File photo of Preslie Quaranta against Post, who scored two goals at Concordia on Saturday, taken by James Jones.

Press Release Written by Athletics Operations Manager Rich Groff

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - - Five different players scored for the Wilmington University women's soccer team on Saturday afternoon as the Cats ran away with a Central Athletic Collegiate Conference contest at Concordia College by a score of 7-1.

The Wildcats (11-5-1, 9-2-0 CACC) outshot the Clippers (2-13-0, 2-9-0 CACC), 27-7, for the match, putting 21 of those shots on frame. The win keeps the Wildcats in third place in the CACC with 34 points.

The Wildcats wasted no time as they scored on the games very first shot in the sixth minute. The goal was scored by Jessica Unsihuay, her third of the season, on a cross from Carin Essex-Arline that she headed in. The Wildcats would never look back as they scored again in the 25th minute, this time it was Essex-Arline on the receiving end of a corner kick that tipped off the goalie's hands, which she deposited into the back of the net for her first of the season.

Just four minutes later, Preslie Quaranta would get in on the action as she would dribble the ball into Clipper territory and take a low shot, which would also find the back of the net for her fourth of the season. As the first period came to an end, the Wildcats were out shooting the Clippers by a score of 10-4, and also hold the edge in corner kicks by a score of 5-0.

The score would remain that way until the 74th minute when the Wildcats' Loran Wyrough would rip a shot off a pass from Laura Van Steveninck from just past midfield that would beat the keeper low for her team leading 15th goal of the season, which ties her for first place in the CACC with Holy Family's Brianna Rock. The Wildcats would keep the pressure on as Quaranta would find herself back in the action again in the 75th minute, after taking a pass from Wyrough and dribbling to avoid the keeper and depositing a low shot into the back of the net for her fifth of the season.

The Clippers would get on the board in the 84th minute, as they would cash in on a penalty kick off the foot of Kayla Lanza her first of the season. The Wildcats would put two more shots on the goal in the final two minutes but they would both be saved by the Clippers' goalkeeper.

The Wildcats will end their regular season at home on Tuesday against Jefferson University. First kick at the WU Athletics Complex is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.