Terre Haute, Ind. - After losing a two-goal lead and settling for a draw Wednesday night at home against Hope College, the Illinois Tech women's soccer team was looking to get back on track with their first road match of the season at Rose-Hulman Saturday afternoon. Mission accomplished, as the Scarlet Hawks got a late first half goal, scored another pair in the second half, and shut down the Fightin' Engineers en route to a 3-0 non-conference victory. The Scarlet Hawks improved to 4-0-1 overall. Rose-Hulman fell to 1-3-1.

The shutout by the Scarlet Hawks was their fourth of the season out of five matches played.

In a first half that saw the Scarlet Hawks outshoot Rose-Hulman 10-1, it was a goal by Grace Yager in the 33rd minute, assisted by Kelly Hitchcock, that put the Hawks in front 1-0. For Yager, it was her team-leading 3rd goal of the season. Illinois Tech would continue to pressure but went into halftime still only holding the one goal lead.

The second half saw more even play from a shot-perspective, but it was the Hawks who would break through first, with Kaitlyn Walsh scoring off a feed from Kayla Smith in the 62nd minute to extend the Hawks' lead to 2-0. Gabriella Baltes would add a penalty kick goal in the 87th minute to give Illinois Tech a 3-0 lead for the eventual final score.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Grace Yager with a goal, her team-leading 3rd of the season, on 4 shots in 90 minutes played
• Gabriella Baltes with her 2nd goal of the season, on 2 shots, in 90 minutes played
• Kaitlyn Walsh with 1 goal on 1 shot in 23 minutes played
• Kelly Hitchcock with 1 assist and 1 shot in 55 minutes played
• Kayla Smith with an assist and 3 shots on goal in 87 minutes played

Rose-Hulman Top Performers

• Camille Clark with 2 shots in 90 minutes played
• Riley Heasley and Emma Johns each with 1 shot

Inside The Box Score

• Illinois Tech outshot Rose-Hulman 15-4
• The Scarlet Hawks were awarded 7 corner kicks; the Fightin' Engineers had 1 corner kick
• Illinois Tech committed 8 fouls to Rose-Hulman's 3

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks begin conference play next week when Aurora University comes to Stuart Field Wednesday, September 17th for a 7:00pm NACC showdown.