WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College soccer dropped its NEWMAC opener to WPI, 4-1, on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
WPI (4-2-1, 1-0 NEWMAC) got on the board in the 10th minute when senior Olivia Toolin (Bedford, N.H.) set up senior teammate Madisyn Bagby (Aurora, Colo.) who scored into the low left side of the goal.
In the 57th minute, sophomore Katie Adiletta (Bolton, Mass.) doubled the lead for the Engineers with a shot from 20 yards out that beat the keeper into the upper right side of the net.
The visitors tacked on a goal in the 72nd minute when sophomore Caila Scully (Merrimack, N.H.) finished a feed from sophomore Delaney Mohl (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.).
Less than five minutes later, WPI took a 4-0 advantage on a goal by first-year Abigail Johnson (Middletown, Conn.).
Senior Juliana Mytko (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) scored the lone goal for the Blue with less than two minutes to play in the match. The goal was Mytko's first career tally.
Lili Hellerman (Ashland, Mass.) earned the win for the Engineers with no goals allowed and eight saves in 79 minutes. First-year Ayla Verheul (Naarden, The Netherlands) allowed a goal and had one stop in the final 11 minutes. Junior goalie Sascha Fleesler (New York, N.Y.) finished with four saves for Wellesley (3-3-1, 0-1 NEWMAC).
The Blue finished the contest with a 19-12 advantage in shots (10-8 on goal) and an 8-3 margin in corner kicks.
Wellesley wraps up a three-game homestand on Tuesday, September 24 at 4:00 PM against Curry College. WPI travels to UMass Boston for a 6:00 PM game on Wednesday, September 25.
