WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's soccer team closed the 2022 regular season Wednesday night by blanking host Washington & Jefferson, 2-0, in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Alexandre Stadium. Grove City (10-6-1, 7-2-1 PAC) secured its eighth straight overall win and seventh straight league victory.
Grove City broke through at 10:08 when junior forward
Gianna D'Amato (Maywood, N.J./Hawthorne Christian) scored her seventh goal of the season. Sophomore forward
Britta Lagerquist (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) provided the assist on D'Amato's goal.
Freshman forward
Natalie Giunta (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) doubled the lead at 78:46 when she scored an unassisted goal, her second score of 2022.Â
Grove City outshot W&J (5-5-6, 3-4-3 PAC), 20-2, including a 9-2 advantage in shots on goal. Grove City earned nine corner kicks and did not allow a W&J corner.Â
Sophomore goalkeeper
Courtney Lisman (Mars, Pa./Mars) stopped two shots to pick up her third shutout of the season. It is Lisman's 20th career victory.Â
Lagerquist leads Grove City with nine goals, six assists and 24 points this season. D'Amato ranks second with seven goals and 16 points. Wednesday's goal represented D'Amato's team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the season.
Grove City will be the No. 3 seed in the upcoming six-team conference tournament. The Wolverines will face W&J again in Saturday's quarterfinals. W&J finished sixth in the conference standings and secured the final tournament berth. That quarterfinal will be held at 1 p.m. at Grove City's Don Lyle Field.