Bethany suffers loss to W&J

Andrew Woodley, Sports Information Director

BETHANY, W.Va. (Oct. 25) - The Bethany College women's soccer team was defeated 7-0 by Washington & Jefferson Wednesday afternoon in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match at Hoag Field.

THE MATCHUP

• Final: Wash. & Jeff. 7, Bethany 0 (Box Score)
• Records: Bethany 6-12, 4-4 PAC | Wash. & Jeff. 11-5-1, 6-2 PAC
• Location: Hoag Field | Bethany, West Virginia

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The opening 19 minutes of the match, with both teams attempting shots that did not find the mark.
• The Presidents notched the game's first goal when W&J's Ashton Grimm collected the ball inside the box off of a corner kick and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 1-0 in the 20th-minute.
• W&J added two more goals before the first-half horn sounded to take a 3-0 lead into the break.
• The Presidents' continued to add to their lead with four second-half goals, including a penalty-kick goal in the 85th-minute to collect the multi-goal win. 

MATCH NOTES

• Bethany was out-shot 34-to-1 in the match, with W&J taking all eight of the game's corner kicks.
• Despite the rainy and cold conditions, the match was played with a degree of physicality. Bethany was whistled for nine fouls, compared to the 15 charged to W&J.

UP NEXT

• Bethany is on the road to close out the 2017 regular-season when they head to Latrobe, Pennsylvania to take on Saint Vincent on Sunday, October 29 at 1 p.m.
• Live links for the match have not yet been posted, but can be found here.