WHEELING, W.Va. (March 19) - The Wheeling University women's soccer team snapped its losing skid with an impressive 2-0 win against previously-unbeaten Frostburg State Friday evening.

THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score: Wheeling 2, Frostburg State 0
• Records: Wheeling (1-3) | Frostburg State (2-1-1)
• Location: Bishop Schmitt Field - Wheeling, West Virginia

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wheeling kept the game scoreless early on thanks to saves by freshman goalkeeper Jaci Wilson (Rootstown, Ohio/St. Thomas Aquinas).
• Frostburg had its best chance to score in the 17^th-minute, but a sliding save by Wilson kept the Bobcats off of the score sheet.
• The Cardinals took the lead into halftime when senior Paige Orbell (Severn, Md./Old Mill) tapped a corner kick into an empty net to make the score 1-0.
• Wheeling added an insurance marker in the 63^rd-minute on a long ball played into the box. Junior Braedynn Porter (Mineral Ridge, Ohio/Mineral Ridge) collected the loose ball and buried it into an empty net to make the score 2-0.
• Frostburg State had another premium scoring opportunity in the 81^st-minute, but Wilson once again stood tall and maintained the shutout.

MATCH NOTES

• Wilson was phenomenal for the Cardinals in net. She finished with nine saves and posted her first-career clean sheet.
• Frostburg State out-shot Wheeling 18-to-8 for the match.
• The win snapped a 22-match losing-streak for the Cardinals that dated back to a 4-1 win over Urbana on October 18, 2018.

UP NEXT

• Wheeling will travel to Beckley, West Virginia to take on Concord at the Paul Cline Soccer Complex on Friday, March 26 around 6:30 p.m.
• If live coverage of the match becomes available, those links will be posted to the schedule page.