#23 Women’s Soccer runs past Chowan; Brown becomes winningest coach in team history

Murfreesboro, N.C. —- The 23rd-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team scored three goals in the second half to pull away from Chowan on the road, led by a brace from junior Bree Ehmer. With the win, head coach Nick Brown became the program's all-time winningest coach with his 114th career victory.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-shot Chowan 18-3

- The Catawba Indians got nine shots on goal to the Hawks' two

- Catawba recorded six of the game's seven corner kicks

- The Catawba Indians were called for eight of 14 fouls; Chowan got both yellow cards

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Ehmer netted two goals in the second half

- Lauren Darbo netted the winner and assisted on another

- Morgan Delair scored on a penalty kick

- Kylie Morin notched her second assist in as many games

- Jenni Dahne made two stops for another clean sheet on the weekend

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- The Catawba Indians were able to take five shots in the opening 20 minutes, but none tested the Chowan keeper

- Morin found Darbo for the eventual game-winner in the 24th minute

- Ella Matthews tried for goal about 10 minutes later, but the Hawks keeper made the stop 

SECOND HALF

- The Hawks came out aggressively in the second half, trying Dahne in goal twice in a five-minute span early in the second period

- Darbo found Ehmer in the box for an insurance score in the 63rd minute

- Catawba drew a penalty in the 68th minute and Delair converted

- Ehmer curled in a goal from 20 yards out to put a cap on the scoring in the 73rd minute

GAME NOTES

- Brown earns the 114th win of his career, becoming the program's winningest head coach

- Brown eclipses John Cullen, the four-time SAC Coach of the Year, who led the Catawba Indians to 113 victories from 2001-08

- Ehmer's fifth career multi-goal game; breaks into the top ten in program history with 26 career goals

- Darbo's fourth goal at Catawba; first career game-winner

- Delair's seventh career score

UP NEXT

- Catawba makes its debut at Frock Field on Wednesday, Sept. 10, hosting Mount Olive at 7 p.m.