WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Wilkes University women's soccer squad entered Williamsport facing Penn College looking for their first win in the midst of a five-game losing streak.
 
The Colonels (2-5) emerged with a decisive 6-0 victory over the Wildcats (4-4) in a game that saw them outshoot the Wildcats 26-6 and outshot them on goal as well 19-5.
 
The Navy and Gold scored three goals in each half.  Senior Tatiana Mancera (Miami, FL/Archimedean Upper Conservatory) started the scoring at 4:39 with an assist from fellow senior Emily Bidelspach (Myerstown, PA/ELCO) from midfield.  Bidelspach then took advantage of a one-on-one situation to put a goal into the upper right corner at 12:05.  First-year Aliah Balch (Paupack, PA/Wallenpaupack Area) joined in at 40:39 to close out the first half for the Colonels.
 
Mancera started the second half similarly to the first with a goal at 48:34. The Colonels closed out the second half with a pair of goals within the 82nd minute.  First year Holly Feese (State College, PA/State College Area ) netted the first of the two with an assist from Madison Straub (Franklin, NJ/Franklin), then Balch put home her second goal of the day to conclude the scoring.
 
Holly Feese (State College, PA/State College Area ) netted her first goal as a Colonel on the afternoon.  Mancera's two goals were her first of the season and also her career high, while Balch's were her first two as a Colonel as well as her career high.  Sophomore Lauren Sweeney (West Chester, PA/West Chester Rustin) posted five saves in the shutout victory.
 
The Colonels look to build upon their victory as they head into a four-game homestand.  They start at Bruggeworth Field this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. as they play host to Marywood University.  The Colonels are 7-0-1 against the Pacers in the live stats era, and won the last matchup 4-0 at Marywood in 2019.