Ososkalo's Hat Trick Lifts Women's Soccer, 6-1

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Freshman Yanna Ososkalo (Lyme, N.Y.) recorded her first collegiate hat trick as the Wells College women's soccer team defeated Wilson College by a 6-1 score on Sunday at Kris's Meadow. With the win, Wells improves to 2-3 overall on the year and to 2-1 within the North Eastern Athletic Conference. Wilson falls to 1-4 overall and to 0-3 in league play.

Ososkalo opened the scoring on the day in the sixth minute, tallying her second goal of the year. Wells increased their lead to 2-0 after junior Karley Raczynski (Fonda, N.Y.) added her first goal of the year only 35 seconds later. Wilson countered only 20 minutes into the first half with a goal from Erin Stephan but junior Heather Hiltbrand (Fayetteville, N.Y.) scored a goal with only 5:04 left in the frame to create a 3-1 lead.

Only 8:46 into the second half, Ososkalo forced home a pass from Hiltbrand to extend the guests advantage. To complete the hat trick, Ososkalo scored again at 71:15 to give her team a 5-1 lead. Senior Shannon Blanford (Fayetteville, N.Y.) added further insurance for Wells, scoring her first goal of the year in the 86th minute.

Wells goalkeeper Quinn Doubet (Cortland, N.Y.) collected the victory despite allowing one goal to the Phoenix. Teniera Prioleau made six saves on 12 total shots that she faced, drawing the loss for Wilson.

The Express wrap up their four-game road swing with a 7 p.m. road contest against D'Youville o Wednesday, Sept. 17.