NORTON, Mass. – Maya Thomas tallied a goal and added an assist to lead Wheaton College (Mass.) over visiting Mount Holyoke 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Wheaton.

Wheaton improves to 6-4 overall and 2-2 in NEWMAC play, while MHC slips to 1-4-3 and 0-3.

Wheaton dominated possession with a 34-7 shot advantage, including 18-2 in a first half that saw the home team take a 2-0 lead.

Thomas finished with three points, while Katie Wickenheisser and Ali Roche each added a score for the Lyons. Patricia Bandrup made five saves to record her 12th career shutout and third of the season.

Senior captain Clarissa Govea (Pico Rivera, Calif.) stopped 11 shots for Mount Holyoke.

Wheaton wasted no time getting in the driver's seat, scoring less than five minutes into the match to take a 1-0 edge. Thomas sent a through-ball to Roche on the right side. The senior carried the ball into the box and made a move to her left to elude an MHC defender, before shooting into the left side of the net for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

Wheaton's second marker came off a corner kick in the 37th minute of the contest. Kate Rafferty served a ball into the box from the right corner flag to Francesca Freeman, who re-directed the ball in the air with a header to Wickenheisser, who was camped in front of the net and headed the ball to push it past Govea and into the back of the net for her fifth score of the year with 8:06 remaining in the contest.

Thomas tallied her first goal of the season with just 6:11 left in the match to give Wheaton an insurance goal. Kaydie O'Neil set up Thomas by lifting a soft cross into the box, where Thomas ran into it, before sending it over the goal line.

Mount Holyoke attempted five shots on net for the game, but none of them posed a serious threat to Bandrup.

Mount Holyoke plays at conference rival Smith College on Wednesday at 4pm.