XML Box Score Grantham, PA – Six different players collected either an assist or a goal for No. 3 Messiah College on Saturday as the Falcons collected their third-straight shutout, 5-0 over Salisbury University. The Falcons allowed just a single shot on frame to the Sea Gulls as they moved to 5-0.
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Olivia Snare scored her first goal of the season to put Messiah up 1-0 in the 37th minute. Her shot came on the far left post after
Regina Stump sent a perfect cross from the right side. The Falcons would collect seven other shots in the first-half, but Michelle Conrad collected four saves to keep the game score close.
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Not long into the second-half Messiah doubled their lead.
Marisa Weaver did the honors off a feed from
Kyele Bridel, heading the ball through for her third tally in four games.
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Twelve minutes later, in the 66th minute,
Nikki Elsaesser scored her fourth goal of the year to make it 3-0.
Holly Burgard collected the assist on Elsaesser's goal.
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The Sea Gulls managed just one shot on frame, a shot in the 25th minute that was grabbed by keeper
Audra Larson.
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The shutout was the Falcons' fourth of the year and they've scored eight goals across their last two victories.
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The Falcons will next play on Wednesday, Sept. 17 when they host Eastern University on Shoemaker Field at 7:00 p.m.
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