Box Score Need to Know
Score: Smith 2, Westfield 1 (OT)
Records: Pioneers: 4-2-2, Owls 5-4-1

WESTFIELD, Mass. - First year Parker Ellis (Chicago, Ill./Jones College Prep) scored her first career goal to give the Smith College soccer team a 2-1 road win at Westfield Sate Wednesday night. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- 45' - SMI 1 WSU 0 - The ball ricocheted off a Westfield State player near midfield, and the Pioneers sent a long pass ahead down the right sideline to Natalie Dionne (Brooklyn, Conn./Norwich Free Academy), who juked an Owls defender 20 yards out on the right side to create the shot opportunity, and ripped a long shot to the far post for a 1-0 lead.

- 69' - SMI 1 WSU 1 - Kayla Demers came in on a counter attack, firing an initial shot that was deflected by Smith netminder Naomi Falkenberg (Sutton, Mass./Sutton) The loose ball squirted out to the left where Demers ran on to it about three yards out and slotted it into the net.

- 95' - SMI 1 WSU 1 - In the extra frame, Smith was awarded a free kick near midfield. The ball was deflected high in the air by an Owls' defender, and when it came down near the top of the penalty area, Hannah Hutton (Germantown, Tenn./) one-touched it to the left to Ellis who fired to the right side of the goal for the game winner.

GAME NOTES

• Senior goalkeeper Naomi Falkenberg (Sutton, Mass./Sutton) turned away 11shots in the win
• Smith totaled 20 shots and five corners for the match
• Dionne scored her third goal of the year

UP NEXT
Smith returns to conference action on Saturday, October 2 as the Pioneers travel to Wellesley for a 1:00 p.m. match.

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