FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Fairmont State women's soccer clinched a berth in the Mountain East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament with its 2-1 victory over Wheeling Jesuit on senior day at Duvall-Rosier Field on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Falcons jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 34 minutes into the game and held off Wheeling Jesuit's late game comeback attempt to earn the victory.

Prior to the game, Fairmont State honored its four seniors; Shawna Graham, Breana Wright, Abigail Pasierb and Samantha Buffey.
 
Rachel Phillips opened the scoring in the game with a header goal off a corner kick by (Breana) Wright in the 17^th minute of the game. The goal was the third of the season for Phillips.
 
Just 16 minutes later, Fairmont State converted on a second corner kick when Ella Wilson hit Abigail Fowler with a short pass from the corner kick that set up Fowler's shot from the right side. The goal was Fowler's fifth of the season.
 
Fairmont State held a 9-2 shot advantage in the opening half and ended the game with a 14-9 advantage. The Falcons had 10 shots on goal, compared to just three for Wheeling Jesuit.
 
Wheeling's Emily Hartley cut Fairmont's lead to 2-1 in the 84^th minute with a goal after driving down the center of the field. The goal was Hartley's team-leading seventh of the season.
 
Hartley added one more shot for Wheeling Jesuit in the 87^th minute that was blocked by the Falcon defense.
 
Fairmont State's Abigail Johnson recorded five shots in the game, including four that were on goal and required a save by Wheeling's Megan Herter.
 
Fairmont State goalkeeper Isabelle Vaccari improved to 7-5-3 on the season after recording a save on two of the three shots on goal that she faced.
 
Fairmont State (7-5-3, 5-4-2 MEC) will return to action on Wednesday evening with a showdown against MEC South leading West Virginia Wesleyan. The match is set for a 7 p.m. start.