The Bridgewater State Bears and Framingham State Rams have advanced to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Semifinals after winning their respective quarterfinals Tuesday evening. 

Framingham State 1, Salem State 0 Box Score

Framingham, Mass. – The Framingham State University women's soccer team defeated Salem State by a score of 1-0 in the first-round of the 2015 Massachusetts State Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Tournament on Tuesday afternoon in Framingham. The Rams advance to the semifinal round hosted by Worcester State on Friday, November 6^th at 7:00 p.m.

The contests lone goal came on a penalty kick by junior Ashley Lees (Maynard, Mass.) in the 38^thminute. A Vikings player was called for a hand ball in the box which led to the penalty. Lees sent the shot to the low left corner beating the diving keeper.

Salem's best scoring chance came way back in the ninth minute when a Vikings player headed the ball forward to senior Leah Wood (Loveland, OH) whose shot hit the post and deflected away.

The Rams were almost able to add to their lead in the 80^th minute when Marissa Miele (Hudson, Mass.) headed a corner kick just over the crossbar.

The Rams controlled the tempo for most of the contest taking 24 shots to the Vikings seven and 8 corners to the visitors 2.

Senior Sara Sullivan (Quincy, Mass.) made two saves in net for the Rams. Senior Melissa Toomey (Saugus, Mass.) made nine saves in the effort for Salem.

The Rams improve to 11-6-2 overall and advance the MASCAC semi-final round Friday while the Vikings see their season close at 6-9-1.  

Bridgewater State 3, MCLA 1 Box Score

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Third-seeded Bridgewater State University garnered a 3-1 victory over #6 MCLA in the opening round of the 2015 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Soccer Tournament on Tuesday night at Swenson Field.

With the win, the Bears (10-7-1) advance to the tournament semifinals and will travel to Westfield State University on Friday to take on the second-seeded Owls at 4 pm. The visiting Trailblazers end the season with an overall record of 3-13-1.

The Bears got on the board just 1:11 into the contest as junior midfielder Amanda Leite (New Bedford, Mass.) converted off a cross into the six from freshman midfielder Kellsie Mitchell (Bristol, R.I.). Leite delivered a shot inside the far post for her second goal of the season.

Freshman midfielder Melissa Morton (Uxbridge, Mass.) potted her second marker of the campaign in the 35th minute to give the Bears a 2-0 lead. Morton corralled a long volley from senior defender Olivia Planty (Litchfield, N.H.) just inside the 18 and ripped a shot past the diving keeper and inside the back post.

Senior forward Marissa Yowell (Ashland, Mass.) extended the BSU advantage to 3-0 in the opening stages of the second half with her team-leading sixth goal of the season. Yowell headed home a well-placed cross from Leite just 1:48 into the final stanza.

MCLA junior midfielder Kayla Lingle (South Glens Falls, N.Y.) broke-up the shutout bid with an unassisted tally at the 66-minute mark. Lingle blasted a low shot inside the left post from just outside the 18.

Bridgewater held an 18-4 shot advantage for the game as well as a 5-1 edge in corner kicks.

Sophomore goaltender Lauren DeSousa (Taunton, Mass.) made one save to record her tenth win of the season between the pipes for the Bears. The ten wins marks the highest single-season total for a BSU keeper since Ashley Spingler also won ten games back in 2008. Junior Kathryn Daly (South Cairo, N.Y.) turned aside four shots in goal for the Trailblazers.

Courtesy of Framingham and Bridgewater State Sports Information