Chicago, Ill — Women's Soccer makes it 30 straight home matches without a loss as they dominated Benedictine 8-0 on Wednesday night. The Scarlet Hawks outshot the Eagles 33-1, including 14-1 on goal, and held the visitors without a second-half shot. The Scarlet Hawks are 8-3-0 overall and 5-0-0 in conference play. The Eagles are 2-7-0 overall and 1-3-0 in conference play.
How It Happened
The Scarlet Hawks pushed forward immediately, earning a corner at :30 before
Emma Conway scored from
Kayla Thomas at :58 for a 1-0 lead.
Olivia Roy made it 2-0 at 13:08 off a
Tvesa Vathulya assist, and the Scarlet Hawks kept creating chances with a corner and shots from
Kayla Frassinelli and
Leena Almeqbeli before the Eagles put a shot on frame through Audrey Powlick at 21:56.
Kayla Thomas added a goal from
Eva Narvarte at 25:32, and Vathulya scored at 31:11 off another Narvarte assist as the Scarlet Hawks carried a 4-0 lead into halftime.
Already ahead 4-0, the Scarlet Hawks generated the first stretch of second-half chances, with Frassinelli, Roy, Conway and
Kayla Thomas among the shooters before corner kicks at 50:51 and 56:33 and saves by Eagles goalkeeper Alanna Noone. The Scarlet Hawks kept the pressure on with three more corner kicks by 66:06 and shots off the woodwork from Vathulya,
Kaitlyn Walsh and Frassinelli before Roy scored from Narvarte at 72:57 to make it 5-0. Roy added another goal from
Taylor Hernandez at 76:07, Walsh scored at 77:38, and
Avery Sealey finished a Walsh assist at 84:41 as the Scarlet Hawks closed out the second half and an 8-0 win.
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
Olivia Roy
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- three goals
- six points
- eight shots, four on goal
Eva Narvarte
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- three assists
- three points
Tvesa Vathulya
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- one goal
- one assist
- six shots, two on goal
Kaitlyn Walsh
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- one goal
- one assist
- four shots
Emma Conway
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- one game-winning goal
- two shots, one on goal
Eagles Top Performers
Alanna Noone
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- 6 saves
- 90:00 in goal
Audrey Powlick
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- 1 shot on goal
Game Notes:
- The Scarlet Hawks improved to 8-2-1 against the Eagles, winning the last seven consecutive matches.
- Team - Achieved a season high of seven assists in the match.
- Team - Recorded a season high of eight goals in the match.
- Conway - Scored their first goal of the season.
- Narvarte - Recorded a career-high total of three assists in a match.
- Roy - Achieved the first hat trick of the season.
- Vathulya - Recorded at least one assist in four consecutive matches.
Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks travel to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to face Marian University on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 3 p.m.
