GREENSBURG, Pa. - Freshman Amanda Wharton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) recorded her second collegiate hat trick as the Frostburg State women's soccer team defeated Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Pitt-Greensburg, 9-0, and pushed its winning streak to five, Tuesday afternoon. 

Box Score

Wharton, who scored three of Frostburg State's (9-2, 3-1) first four goals, tacked on her first goal at the 17:40 mark and netted her second one less than three minutes later to give FSU a two-point lead over Pitt-Greensburg (2-10, 1-4). Thirty seconds after Wharton's second goal, junior Kierstin Stevenson (Frostburg, Md./Beall) netted an unassisted goal, putting Frostburg State up by three points, 3-0.

At 23:45, freshman Liz Seligman (Rockville, Md./St. Johns College) fed a pass to Wharton who knocked in her third and final goal of the game, 4-0. Junior Lauren Russell (Waldorf, Md./Westlake) scored her 13th goal of the season off an assist from senior Lauren Lentine (Princeton, N.J./WWP North) less than eight minutes later to give FSU a five-point advantage over UPG, 5-0.

Less than 40 second later, Lentine fed another assist to senior Christine Fitzgerald (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) who scored and increased the UPG deficit six points, 6-0.

Senior Kaleigh Herring (Perry Hall, Md./North Harford) netted back to back goals, one at the 41:46 mark off an assist from classmate Kelly Sanzone (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) and the other less than two minutes later, to enlarge the FSU lead to eight points going into the break, 8-0.

Only 50 seconds into the second half, Lentine scored her second goal of the season after junior Shonna Ferree (Frostburg, Md./Beall) fed her an assist to give the end score 9-0.

FSU senior goalkeeper Stephanie Gwinn (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) earned the win and the shutout with zero saves in 34 minutes of play while UPG goalie Michelle Love had ten saves in the loss. Also in goal for Frostburg State were sophomores Michelle Buckmaster (St. Leonard, Md./Calvert) and Kristin Prochniak (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) and freshman Jessica Flewellyn (Arnold, Md./Broadneck). Prochniak stopped two shots and Flewellyn recorded one save to help hold Pitt-Greensburg scoreless.

Frostburg State led Pitt-Greensburg in both shots (38-6) and corner kicks (8-0).

FSU will look to continue its winning streak as it takes on AMCC opponent Hilbert at home on October 10 at 5:30 pm.