WORCESTER, Mass. – Riley Andriski moved up the career record books for the Keene State College women's soccer team on Thursday night as her and her defense locked down the Worcester State University Lancers for a 0-0 draw.

Records

• Keene State: 2-3-3 (0-0-1 LEC)
• Worcester State: 4-1-1 (2-0 MASCAC)

How it Happened

Elizabeth Tschudin opened the attack for the Owls just under seven minutes into the contest, but the Lancers' goalkeeper, Ella Gumienny, saved her shot to keep KSC from taking an early lead. Over the next 12 minutes, the Lancers were on the attack, but they were inefficient with their opportunities as three of their shots missed the target and the other was blocked by the Owls' defense. Shortly after, just over the halfway mark of the opening half, both goalkeepers held their ground with a save apiece as Gumienny made her second of the game and Riley Andriski, the Owls' goalkeeper, made career save number 199 as she inched closer to becoming the tenth keeper in program history to surpass 200 career saves. It did not take much longer for Andriski to reach the milestone as she made a pair of saves in the final 12 minutes of the half as she held off the Lancers' two chances late in the first to keep the contest tied heading into the half.
 
WSU started the second half just as they ended the first by peppering Andriski in net, but she held her ground, stopping all three of the Lancers' four shots that reached the target to hold the game scoreless with 35 minutes remaining. Soon after the Lancers opened the half on the attack, KSC responded with a pair of shots on target, but Gumienny made a save on each Allison Kenyon and Kylie Rapoza to once again keep the Owls off the board. Neither team had another shot on target until there was under 15 minutes remaining as Andriski made save number seven on the day to tie Samantha Hirsh (2005, 07-09) with 205 career saves for the eighth-most in program history for KSC. Gumienny made one more save, this time coming on Marissa McCarney with seven minutes left to keep the game scoreless going into the final moments. In the final few minutes of the game, Andriski moved into sole possession of the eighth-most saves in program history as she recorded her eighth save of the game to ice the game and keep it a 0-0 draw on the day.
 
"It was a great team effort against a good 4-1 team today" said Owls' head coach Sarah Testo. "Lots of great play by many players. We put a very good 90 minutes together."
 
Inside the Box

• KSC moves to 18-5-5 in the all-time series between the two schools. KSC has gone 1-0-2 over the past three contests against the Lancers, having scored the only goal over the three games, in their 1-0 victory back on September 20, 2023.
• KSC finishes the contest with their third tie in a row, matching their season total from 2024.
• After becoming the tenth member of the 200 career save club, Andriski jumped all the way into the eighth-most as she recorded eight saves on the day for her season high in her senior season thus far. Andriski has recorded two shutouts over her three most recent contests, having recently shut out Westfield State University back on September 10.
• Gumienny finished the day with five saves for the Lancers in the contest.
• WSU finished with the advantage on shots, 17-10, including shots on goal, 8-5, along with a 2-1 corner kick advantage.

Up Next

Keene State returns to conference play at Dr. Ron Butcher Field for their next contest as the Owls will host the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on Saturday, September 20, at 1:00 PM.
Worcester State continues their three-game home stand for their next contest as they host Massachusetts Maritime Academy for the second of the three games on Saturday, September 20, at 12:00 PM.