Box Score DUDLEY, Mass. (Sept. 24) – First-year Bryanna Goodine scored the lone tally of the match to lift Nichols past visiting Wentworth, 1-0, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference women's soccer contest on Saturday at Michael J. Vendetti Field.

The first half would end in a 0-0 stalemate as the Bison outshot the Leopards 10-5 while Wentworth held a 2-1 margin on corner kicks. The visitors also made six stops to Nichols two.  The hosts were led by first-year Alyssa Tosti who took took aim at the goal twice. Rookie Alexandrea Banks and classmate Maddy Lanoue tested Nichols junior netminder Maureen Lynch with a shot each.

Nichols broke through on a loose ball with the keeper out of position of the foot of Goodine in the 70th minute. Wentworth's best shot came in the 81st minute when senior Lucy Brown fired a shot but the ball was scooped up by Lynch. Each team would take a corner kick in the stanza while the hosts held a slight 6-4 edge on shots.

Lynch picks up her second shutout of the week as she made five stops.

Wentworth's junior goalkeeper Jess Gardner amassed seven saves in the near-complete game effort. Nicole Leahey finished the contest without a shot coming her way.

Nichols (3-5-0, 1-2-0) plays the middle contest of a three-match homestand on Thursday when Fitchburg arrives on Dudley Hill for a 4:00 p.m. tilt. Wentworth (2-6-0, 0-3-0) returns to Worcester County on Thursday for a 7:00 p.m. match at WPI.

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