Men's Soccer Falls At Westfield State

Source: (Westfield State Athletics)

WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Elms College men's soccer team fell to host Westfield State, 3-0, in a non-conference match at Alumni Field Tuesday night. The Blazers move to 1-8 overall, while the Owls improve to 5-3-1 on the season.

Westfield got on the scoreboard just 7:24 into the match, when Jimmy Murphy (Wilmington, Mass.) served a ball from 30 yards out on the left side that Brodie Keene (Agawam, Mass.) flicked on with header to the right side of the goal for a 1-0 Owls lead.

Westfield State made it 2-0 with 13:53 left in the half, as Alex Dragon (South Hadley HS/ Holyoke, Mass.) received a pass from Kieran Moriarty (West Springfield, Mass.) and fired a shot from 25 yards out on the left side that found the net.

The Owls capped the scoring with 18:12 left in the match, after Keene was fouled just outside the penalty area to earn a free kick for Westfield.  Connor Gilbert (Melrose, Mass.) drilled a low shot under the leaping wall of defenders for a goal and the 3-0 final score.

Patnaude stopped four shots in earning the save, but aggressively left his line all night to challenge for balls in the air and knock away crosses.

Elms got seven saves from goalkeeper Tyler Graves (Monson, Mass.).  Westfield had a 10-5 edge in shots on goal and generated five corner kicks to the Blazers three.

Westfield will be back in action on Saturday, hosting MCLA at 11:00 a.m. as part of the Westfield State University homecoming and family weekend festivities.

Elms will next host Fitchburg State tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m.

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