It was an exciting first game as the Engineers kept pressure on the opposing goalie all day long. Finally, senior captain Elaine Mongeon broke the ice and scored for WPI at 37:24 into the first half. In the second half, WPI continued its pressure on the River Hawks goalkeeper, but were not able to sneak one by. Junior goalkeeper Lyn Kearnan recorded her first shutout and the first for the women's program as WPI won 1-0.
On Thursday, the Engineers hosted the Lady Bison of Nichols College who finished 17-3 in '94. WPI fell behind early when Nichols scored on a cross ball that Kearnan had no chance on. Afterwards, the Engineers regrouped and played a solid defense the rest of the way. WPI did have scoring opportunities, but couldn't capitalize. The game ended 1-0 in favor of the Lady Bison.
The Engineers were behind at halftime 6-3 when early in the third quarter, sophomore Adam Abrams intercepted an Ursinus pass at their 31-yard line and returned it 17 yards to the Bears 14. WPI converted a third down and 13 play from Frank Townsend to James Dubord to set up a first and goal situation on Ursinus' 3-yard line. The Bears defense seemed to stiffen and WPI had to settle for an Amiro field goal to tie the score at 6-6. Later in the quarter, Ursinus took the lead for good when they completed a 13-yard touchdown pass. In the fourth quarter, the Bears recovered a muffed punt on WPI's 46-yard line. They proceeded to consume 4:40 of the clock and kicked the game securing field goal to make the final 16-6.
Senior Ernie Ansah led the Engineers with 79 yards rushing and senior receiver Dubord had three catches for 41 yards.
In the opener last Wednesday, WPI was going against former Division I Springfield College in their first ever meeting. Although WPI was outshot 20-6, they scored the game's only goal as freshman Johanna Heard scored 25 minutes into the first half. Sophomore goalkeeper Lyn Dubois, playing in her first game as a goalie, recorded the shutout while making 13 saves.
In the home opener of '95, WPI hosted cross-city foe Assumption College in a night game last Tuesday. In an exciting overtime game, in which both teams play with six players and a goalkeeper, WPI prevailed 1-0. Bryer put in a rebound off of a save by the Greyhound goalie eight minutes into the first extra session. Earlier in the overtime period, Bryer was awarded a penalty stroke that she just missed to the left, so scoring the winning goal was only fitting.
On Thursday, September 14th, WPI traveled to Bridgewater to take on the Bears. The Engineers came up on the short end of a 2-0 score to suffer their first defeat of the season.
Next, WPI traveled to former NEW 8 Conference foe Brandeis University to take on the Lady Judges. In a match where WPI played well, they were defeated 3-0. The scores were closer than the match indicates - 11-15, 11-15 and 13-15. Senior co-captain Katie Daly had five kills for WPI and Palmacci was steady with six kills and 11 assists.
On Thursday the 14th, WPI played Rhode Island College and came out on the losing side of a 3-1 match. According to assistant coach, Sharon Pike, "It was a total team effort, but RIC is just a very tough team to beat."
In the opening game, WPI was matched against the hosts in a rematch of sorts from '94. Clark scored early in the first half and never looked back as they went on to win 3-0.
In the consolation game on Sunday, the Engineers played Assumption College. Sophomore sensation, Eric Langlois, tied the game late in the second half with his second goal of the game, assisted by senior Tim Spence. In the overtime period, WPI dominated as Langlois scored the hat trick and game winner with just over six minutes left in the extra period. WPI wasn't finished though as they scored two more goals to win 5-2. Freshman Chris Preuher and sophomore Doug Brown added the extra tallies in the win for the Engineers and freshman Terry Demaris assisted on the Preuher goal.
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