Bagders Pick Up Big 3-0 Victory at LSC

Ally Bataille scored her 7th and 8th goal of the season to lift Johnson to a 3-0 NAC win at Lyndon on Wednesday

LYNDON CENTER, Vt. - Ally Bataille (Waterbury, Vt./Harwood) scored two goals Thursday to lead the Johnson State women's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Lyndon in a pivotal North Atlantic Conference matchup.  The win improves Johnson to 7-6 overall, 2-4 NAC while Lyndon falls to 5-10-1, 1-6 NAC.

Bataille gave the Badgers a lead they would never relinquish at the 6:34 mark of the first half when she took a pass from teammate Samantha Cutting (Rochester, Vt./Rochester) on the right side and fired a shot over Hornet goalkeeper Samantha Smith into the far corner of the net.

Johnson maintain its one-goal advantage into halftime and went up 2-0 on an Emily Hassard (Montpelier, Vt./Spaulding) goal 1:35 into the second half. Hassard picked up a loose ball about 25 meters out from goal, fought off a challenge from a Lyndon defender and popped a shot past Smith into the left side of the net.

Bataille closed out the scoring in the game with 7:24 left to play by scoring off a scramble for the ball in front of the Lyndon net. Johnson goalie Jes Gertsch (East Haven, Conn./East Haven) made four saves to record the shutout while Smith was called upon to make two saves. Lyndon outshot the Badgers 11-9 in the game and held a 5-3 advantage in corner kicks.