West Virginia State Tops Point Park In MEC Play
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Point Park (2-5-3, 1-4-1) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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West Virginia State (6-2-2, 6-1-1) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The Point Park women's soccer team dropped a 6-2 final score against West Virginia State on Wednesday evening at Dickerson Stadium.
West Virginia State opened up a 3-1 lead in the first 34 minutes of the game and added three more goals in the second half to pull away for the victory.
With the Yellow Jackets leading 3-1 after halftime, the home team scored goals in the 45th and 46th minutes to push their lead to 5-1 with 43 minutes to play.
Point Park got on the scoreboard in the 24th minute on a goal by Jurnee Durrett-Finney (assisted by Mireya Rojas). Vanessa Vazquez added Point Park's second goal with an assist from Martina Cardemil in the 88th minute.
West Virginia State outshot Point Park by a 20-7 margin in the victory, including a 16-4 advantage in shots on goal.
Point Park will return home to host West Virginia Wesleyan on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium. Kickoff is slated for noon.