Winning Streak Snapped With Loss At Penn College

WILLIAMSTOWN, Pa. – Senior Heather Hiltbrand (Fayetteville, N.Y.) scored the lone goal for the Wells College women's soccer team in its 3-1 loss to North Eastern Athletic Conference-rival Penn College on Sunday. Wells snaps its three-game winning streak, falling to 4-10 overall on the year and to 3-4 in conference play. Penn College, who lost its first NEAC conference of the year on Saturday to Keuka, rebounds to 6-6-2 overall and to 6-1-1 in league play.

Trailing by a 3-0 margin, a Wells player was fouled near midfield. On a direct kick, Hiltbrand cut into the Penn College lead with her fifth goal of the season at 77:05. Hiltbrand exited play on Sunday with 27 career goals, the third-most by any player in the NCAA Division III era of Wells athletics. She recently passed Aliyah Brandt '06 to capture third place all-time on the Express Division III career point-scoring list (27-10=64).

The Wildcats took the early 1-0 lead after Angela Maniscalco got behind the Wells defense and beat Wells goalkeeper Quinn Doubet (Virgil, N.Y.) on a breakaway. Taking the 1-0 lead into halftime, Hanna Williams scored two quick goals in the second half to put her team up by a 3-0 margin at 62:15. Both goals were scored in similar fashion as Williams received a right-to-left cross both times.

Penn College outshot the Express by a 15-to-11 margin but Wells possessed 10 of the game's 12 corner kick opportunities.

Doubet drew the loss, falling to 1-10 on the year after allowing three goals on six shots. Hailey Heistand turned aside seven-of-eight shots faced, picking up the victory in goal for Penn College.

Wells will play four of its final five regular season games at home, taking on Morrisville State College at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the South Athletic Field.