Chatham blanks Muskingum for the first win of the season

Box Score PITTSBURGH, Pa. – SEPTEMBER 3^rd, 2017 – The Chatham Cougars blank Muskingum 2-0 for the first win of the season.

The Basics

Records: Chatham (1-1) Muskingum (0-2)
Location: North Athletic Turf in New Concord, Ohio
Attendance: 175

How it happened

The Cougars outshot the Fighting Muskies 29-4.
Senior Megan Sieg (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic) led the team in shots with six.
Junior Julie Bruening (Madison, Ohio/Madison) and first year Darby Robinson (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) each tabbed four shots.
Sophomore Victoria Vernail (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) and junior Anne Radzanowski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley) took three shots apiece.
Bruening scored the first goal for Chatham going 1v1 with the goalie at 39:56.
Sieg netted another goal for the Cougars at 47:32 off a shot from the end line past the keeper.

In the goal

First Year Ashley Bergman (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) was in the net for the entire game for the Cougars. She recorded her first collegiate career shutout.
Chatham's defensive line was strong this afternoon, allowing zero shots on goal.

Coach's Comments

"We learned some important things about ourselves on Friday and it was great to see the team come out today and play a much more composed game," Head Coach Betsy Warren.

Up next

Chatham hosts Pitt-Greensburg on Wednesday, September 6^th at Highmark Stadium.

For more information on the Chatham University Women's Soccer team, please visit the official athletics website of Chatham University; http://www.gochathamcougars.com .

About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 18 fall student athletes being selected to the 2015 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add women's lacrosse beginning play in 2017-2018. Chatham has added five new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham will add two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; ice hockey and lacrosse.

For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com

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Players Mentioned

#1 Ashley Bergman: GK; 5' 9"; Freshman

#16 Darby Robinson: MF/FWD; 5' 8"; Freshman

#29 Victoria Vernail: DEF/MF; Sophomore

#23 Anne Radzanowski: MF/FWD; Junior

#10 Megan Sieg: FWD/MF; Senior

#15 Julie Bruening: MF/FWD; Junior

Players Mentioned

#1 Ashley Bergman
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: GK

#16 Darby Robinson
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: MF/FWD

#29 Victoria Vernail
: Sophomore
: DEF/MF

#23 Anne Radzanowski
: Junior
: MF/FWD

#10 Megan Sieg
: Senior
: FWD/MF

#15 Julie Bruening
: Junior
: MF/FWD