WHEELING, W.Va. – The Fairmont State (3-1, 2-0 Mountain East Conference) women's soccer team won its third straight game after winning 1-0 over Wheeling (2-2, 0-1 MEC) on Wednesday (Sept. 13) at Bishop Schmitt Field in Wheeling, W.Va.
 
Lauren Dye scored in the 27^th minute with an assist from Riley Miara in the Fairmont State win. MEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week Olivia Johnston was stellar in goal, making five saves and notching her third consecutive clean sheet.
 
Fairmont State created a scoring opportunity early in the game when Alejandra Puerto blasted a shot off the top woodwork. Johnston made a save in the ninth minute and then repeated with another in the 10^th minute to fend off the Cardinals' offensive attack. Gracie Smith fired a shot on goal in the 11^th minute and Isabella Maldonado followed in the 15^th minute with a shot on target. Puerto registered her first shot on goal of the game in the 19^th minute and added two more in the 24^th and 26^th minutes. Miara found Dye, who kicked the ball into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal and Fairmont State led 1-0. Wheeling countered with a shot on target in the 31^st minute. Johnston was in perfect position to grab the save and keep the Falcons in front. The Falcons totaled 12 shots in the first half, and Ashleigh Weaver and Puerto aimed shots on goal in the final minutes of the half. Fairmont State held a 1-0 advantage at the halfway mark.
 
Dye recorded a shot on goal early in the second half and generated another scoring opportunity for Fairmont State. Kylee Kosek added a shot on goal in the 61^st minute. Puerto tallied her fifth shot on goal in the game in the 75^th minute. Johnston racked up her fifth save of the game in the 77^th minute. Ashleigh Weaver shot one on net in the 82^nd minute. The Fairmont State defensive unit of Smith, Miara, Weaver, Filippa Stalhammar, Gianna Baldino, Claire Schenkel and Kate Bertrand worked together to limit the Cardinals to one shot on goal in the second half and earned their third-straight shutout.
 
The Fairmont State women's soccer team will finish its road trip on Sunday (Sept. 17) at Notre Dame (Ohio). The battle of the Falcons begins at 3 p.m. from South Euclid, Ohio.