CHESTER, Penn. (Sept. 12, 2018) – Alyssa Dionisio collected a goal and an assist in the first half to power the Widener University women's soccer team over Rutgers University-Camden, 2-0, in a non-conference game here Wednesday night.
 
The victory was the first of the season for the Pride, which improves to 1-2-1. The Scarlet Raptors fall to 2-3.
 
Widener leads the all-time series, 8-4, and has won the last two games between the two teams.
 
The host team scored the only goal it needed at 13:36 when Dionisio's cross was finished by Isabella Hill for her first tally of the year. Dionisio, a junior forward, notched her second goal of the season at 29:27, off a cross from Bella Abrams.
 
Widener held a 19-6 advantage in shots, including a 7-3 margin in shots on goal. The Pride also had a slim 2-1 edge in corner kicks.
 
Widener goalie Delaney Sabath made three saves in the shutout. Raptor sophomore keeper Natalie Eberhardt had five saves.
 
The game marked the 50th career contest at Rutgers-Camden for senior midfielder Melissa Peel (pictured above), who has started 46 of those games.
 
Rutgers-Camden begins its New Jersey Athletic Conference schedule Saturday, hosting Montclair State University at 1 p.m.