The Golden Rams held a slight 9-7 advantage in shots for the game though Bloomsburg led 4-2 in shots on goal. The Bloomsburg defense turned away the final two shot attempted from West Chester in the 82 nd and 83 rd minute to send the game into over.īloomsburg took the only shot of the overtime periods, as sophomore Lauren Bull's (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) attempt was blocked in the 99 th minute. Senior Helen Flynn (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) ripped a shot on net in the 70 th minute, but McGee got her hand on the ball as it was going toward the top of the net and turned away the scoring attempt. Kaitlynn Haughey got the only shot on goal off for the Golden Rams in the second half, but sophomore Alexa Ryan (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) was right there to make the stop. Freshman Brooke Foster (Cherry Hill, N.J./Camden Catholic) put a final shot on net in the 40 th minute, but McGee made the save to keep the shutout intact. The Golden Rams led 5-4 in shots in the first half, but the Huskies put three shots on goal to West Chester's one. The two teams were pretty evenly matched throughout the contest. The Huskies had a chance right after the opening whistle, but the WCU goalie, Hayley McGee, stepped out and intercepted freshman Gina Sexton's (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) cross as the goal line. Each team could finish as high as second or third and face each other in the first round next Tuesday. With the draw, the Huskies move to 11-4-2 on the year and 10-3-2 in PSAC East play, while the Golden Rams are now 11-2-2 for the year and in conference action.īoth Bloomsburg and West Chester have clinched a spot in the PSAC tournament, but Saturday's contests will determine the final seeding after Wednesday's draw. – The Bloomsburg University women's soccer team settled for a 0-0 draw with #22 West Chester University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East action, Wednesday night. Read more about West Chester and the other top-ranked college towns on College Rank here.BLOOMSBURG, Pa. “You won’t spend all your hours hitting the books, so why not find a great college town where you can head off campus and find tons of stuff to do?” Your personality and interests matter too,” Kara Mayer Robinson wrote in introducing the Best College Towns. “Your GPA and ACT/SAT scores aren’t the only factors that should determine your ideal college match. The rankings prioritized the environment in which students will invest four or more years of their lives. “The town is lovely, vibrant, diverse and welcoming to students, visitors and residents,” West Chester University alumna and Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau Director of Marketing and Communications Nina Kelly said in West Chester’s profile.Ĭollege Rank honored the nation’s top 50 college towns with populations under 200,000, and in West Chester it found abundant “music festivals, sidewalk sales, touch-a-truck day, block parties, vintage markets and events for entrepreneurs.” 33 among America’s Best College Towns by College Rank. West Chester checks all those boxes and more when it comes to college life, and the oft-celebrated Chester County community is itself celebrating a little well-deserved recognition it was just ranked No.