BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams Women's Soccer team defeated Gordon College 3-1 Tuesday after being tied in the first half of their Commonwealth Coast Conference game.

The Hawks were first to score 25 minutes into the first half. A Fighting Scots defender failed to clear the ball sending it straight to Laurin Pendleton (Southwick, Mass.) who shot hard to the left side of the goal and over the head of goalkeeper Abby Ytzen (Des Moines, Iowa). Three minutes before the end of the half the Scots came back with a goal by Katie Thompson (Long Valley, N.J.) who deflected the ball off a corner kick taken by Hala Coker (East Falmouth, Mass.).

The tie was broken at 74:14 once Carey Baldwin (West Hartford, Conn.) passed to Katie Fusaro (Hopkinton, Mass.) who shot opposite the keeper to the left. With only one minute remaining, Julie Moody (Plymouth, Mass.) took a free kick which was received by freshman Maddy Howard (Medfield, Mass.) who proceeded to make a pass to Pendleton. She shot the ball out of reach of the goalie and scored the final goal of the game.

Jen Garside (Londonderry, N.H.) saved all but one of the four shots made on goal while Ytzen made nine saves on the day.  Roger Williams had the advantage of 20 shots total in the game compared to Gordon's 11.

Saturday the Hawks (9-4-1, 7-2-0 TCCC) will be back in action in Springfield, Massachusetts when they face off against Western New England College at 1:30 p.m. in another Commonwealth Coast Conference match. Also Saturday, Gordon (6-8-0, 5-4-0 TCCC) will be playing Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts at noon.