Chicago, Ill. - In front of a Senior Day crowd at a sun-soaked Stuart Field, the Illinois Tech women's soccer team clinched their second consecutive Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) regular season title with a 9-0 blanking of Wisconsin Lutheran on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory, the Scarlet Hawks improved their conference record to 10-0-1 and clinched the number one seed in the NACC Women's Soccer Championship tournament, with first-round play starting next Saturday.
Prior to the match, the team honored both their departing seniors and their "super seniors" (departing graduate students) as part of the Senior Day celebration for women's soccer. Honored with their families were seniors
Kenzie Tokuchi,
Lucy Vanveldhuisen,
Sarah Thomas,
Kate Domian,
Amelia Moseman, and
Lucy Jorjorian, along with "super seniors" "Caro"
Carolyn Beltran,
Caitie Chismarich,
Jillian Oligschlaeger and
Hailey Flannagan.
How It Happened
The Scarlet Hawks scored early and often in the match, with five goals in the opening frame, and four more in the second half. The Hawks were able to get contributions from several of their honored seniors and "super seniors" throughout the Senior Day match. Graduate students
Carolyn Beltran and
Caitie Chismarich each recorded a brace in the match, while seniors
Amelia Moseman and
Kenzie Tokuchi each added solo tallies. Senior
Lucy Vanveldhuisen also added an assist on Chismarich's second goal of the match. Illinois Tech's
Hannah Ramos and
Gabriella Baltes each had a goal and an assist in the match, with
Joanne Porter scoring the other Hawks' goal.
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
- Caitie Chismarich with 2 goals on 5 shots, 4 on frame, in 53 minutes played. For Chismarich, she now leads the NACC in goals with 13
- Carolyn Beltran with 2 goals on 3 shots, all on target, in 64 minutes
- Hannah Ramos with 1 goal on her only shot, with 1 assist, in 31 minutes
- Gabriella Baltes with 1 goal on 2 shots, and 1 assist, in 45 minutes
- Kayla Smith with 2 assists, to go along with 2 shots, 1 on goal, in 41 minutes
- Kenzie Tokuchi with 1 goal on 2 shots, both on frame, in 49 minutes. It was Tokuchi's 3rd goal of the week, after collecting a pair of goals Wednesday at Benedictine
- Amelia Moseman with 1 goal on 3 shots, in 43 minutes
- Joanne Porter with 1 goal on her only shot, in 19 minutes
- Lucy Vanveldhuisen with 1 assist to go along with her 5 shots, in 49 minutes
- Eva Narvarte with 4 shots, 2 on goal, in 41 minutes
- Kayla O'Neal with 2 shots, 1 on frame, in 35 minutes
- Kate Domian with 1 shot, on frame, in 36 minutes
Inside The Box Score
- Warriors' midfielder Haley Millen took over as their emergency goalkeeper in the second half after an injury to starter Kallista Street. Millen wound up recording 5 saves in her collegiate goalkeeping debut
- The Scarlet Hawks outshot the Warriors 35-1, and had a 19-1 advantage in shots on goal
- Illinois Tech had a 19-1 advantage in corner kicks
- Fouls were even at 3 for each team
Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks travel to Whitewater, Wisconsin on Monday, October 28th, to take on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in a non-conference match. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00pm.
