Center Valley, PA (October 18, 2017) - Senior Angelica Bertola (East Stroudsburg, PA) became the all-time leading scorer in women's soccer history scoring four goals and adding an assist leading the DeSales University women's soccer team past Delaware Valley University 8-0 in MAC Freedom action on Wednesday afternoon.

Most importantly the win moves DSU to within just one point (a win or a tie) in its last two games of clinching a spot in the MAC Freedom postseason tournament.  The Bulldogs do control their own destiny in earning a postseason home game needing just two wins in their last two games to secure no worse than the #2 seed.  DeSales has now won three straight and improves to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the MAC Freedom.

Bertola registered four goals and one assist in the win.  The nine points breaks the single-game points record.  She also moved into first place all by herself with 122 career points and ties DeSales' Hall of Famer Jeneen Covely for the all-time lead in career goals with 51.  Lastly she now owns the single-season points mark with 48 this season (21g, 6a).

She wasn't the only one to break a record on Wednesday as freshman Rachel Medlar (Coplay, PA) broke the single-season assist mark with two helpers giving her 13 on the season breaking the previous record of 11 by Jess Wetherhold.

DeSales dominated this game out-shooting Delaware Valley, 25-5, and taking all six corner kicks.  Freshman Lia Gaccione (Sparta, NJ) and junior Haley Jacobs (Bloomsbury, NJ) each made one save helping the Bulldogs record its third straight shutout.

Bertola opened the scoring at 14:48 scoring unassisted after receiving a long pass in the box from senior Rachel Logue (Burlington, NJ), beating a defender, and firing a shot.  Just over 11 minutes she tallied her second, taking a pass from senior Gabby Lucchese (Gilbert, PA) and scoring. Junior Erin Crystal (Parsippany, NJ) finished off the scoring in the first-half just 2:59 after Bertola's second off another assist from Lucchese.

Bertola earned her hat trick 5:05 into the second-half with another unassisted goal and Medlar got into the scoring act when her shot scooted under the goalkeeper's legs on a shot from 25 yards out.  Bertola netted her fourth on a feed from Medlar at 54:27 and sophomore Sydney Amato (East Rockaway, NY) scored the final two goals at 65:37 and 81:40 with Medlar earning an assist on the first one.

The Bulldogs first attempt at clinching a playoff spot will come Saturday when they travel to King's College for a 1:00 pm kickoff.