GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Senior defender
Meghan Tischler (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) recorded her first career multi-goal performance Wednesday evening to help the Grove City College women's soccer team roll past visiting Westminster, 5-1, in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Don Lyle Field.
Tischler scored twice for Grove City and senior
Tori Stevenson (Butler, Pa./Butler) also scored a pair of goals to help the Wolverines (9-1-2, 5-0-1) move into a tie for first place in the conference standings.
Sophomore forward
Emily Horst (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County) added her career-best seventh goal of the season for Grove City.
Tischler gave Grove City a 1-0 lead 4:45 into the match after receiving an assist from senior midfielder Kirstin Musser (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin). Stevenson then doubled the lead with an unassisted score at 30:11.
Grove City's lead grew to 3-0 at 42:27 as Stevenson scored her team-leading 11th goal of the season. Freshman midfielder
Maddie Wivell (Leesburg, Va./Evergreen Christian) assisted Stevenson's goal.
The Wolverines sealed the win with consecutive goals in an 84-second span of the second half. Tischler scored her second goal of the match at 57:18. Freshman midfielder
Ana Hahn (Beaver, Pa./Beaver) assisted Tischler's goal.
Horst posted Grove City's fifth goal of the night at 58:42. Senior forward
Hannah Plunkard (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) and sophomore forward
Lauren Muhanna (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) both had assists on Horst. It is Plunkard's third assist of the season and the first of 2026 for Muhanna, who made her season debut Wednesday night.
Westminster broke through at 69:23 on a goal by Autum Fichter.
Grove City outshot Westminster (7-2-3, 2-2-2) by a 33-12 margin. Grove City owned an 18-4 advantage in shots on goal. The Wolverines earned five corner kicks while Westminster netted one corner.
Senior goalkeeper
Maddie Mills (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) earned the win by making one save in a scoreless first half. Sophomore
Ella Lotz (McKeesport, Pa./South Allegheny) made two saves in the second half.
Stevenson recorded her fifth multi-goal performance of the season. She had five multi-goal matches in her first three seasons at Grove City. Stevenson now has 45 career goals and 98 points. She ranks fourth in program history in both categories.
Grove City is tied for first in the conference with Franciscan (8-0-2, 5-0-1). The Barons played to a scoreless draw Wednesday night at Allegheny. Grove City will visit Franciscan in conference play Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
