#4 Women’s Soccer’s nation-leading offense rolls again in 7-0 win in SAC opener

Salisbury, N.C. —- The 4th-ranked Catawba women's soccer team piled on five first-half goals en route to a 7-0 win over Newberry in their South Atlantic Conference opener at Frock Field on Wednesday night.

TEAM STATS

- Catawba out-shot Newberry 36-4

- The Catawba Indians held the advantage in shots on goal 15-1

- Catawba recorded nine of 10 corner kicks on the evening

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Hannah Dunn scored a pair of goals included the game-winner and added an assist

- Sydney Jimmo added to her nation-leading goal-scoring total with two more goals and an assist

- Lillie Rusher, Ali Skinner and Lydia Jonsson also netted goals for Catawba

- Morgan Delair, Helen Summerell, Madison Henry, Zoey Conrad and Emy Cloutier notched assists on the night

- Ashley Hughes earned the win in goal, making one save in the first half before Maddie Grubb kept the shutout intact in the second half

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Catawba got a penalty kick in the seventh minute, but the try was saved by Newberry

- Summerell's shot in the 11th minute hit the crossbar, but Dunn followed it up with a score on the rebound in what was eventually the game-winner

- Hughes made her lone save of the evening in the 14th minute

- Rusher scored on a long free kick in the 18th minute

- Dunn netted a goal less than a minute later off feeds from Henry and Jimmo

- Jimmo capitalized on a penalty kick opportunity in the 25th minute

- Conrad found Skinner for the header goal in the 42nd minute to give Catawba a 5-0 cushion at the brek

SECOND HALF

- Jimmo scored on assist from Dunn and Delair less than five minutes into the second half

- Jonsson netted her first-career goal in the 82nd minute

GAME NOTES

- Catawba's 30 goals and six goals per game both ranked first in the nation

- Jimmo's eight goals also top the nation's leaders

- Catawba is out-scoring unranked opponents 24-0 this season

- First game in program history ranked as a top-5 team

- Dunn's 37th and 38th career goals; Jimmo's 30th and 31st career goals; Rusher's fifth career goal; first-career goals for Skinner and Jonsson

- Dunn, Jimmo and Summerell now rank fifth, tied for sixth and eighth in program history in goals scored

- Catawba is 70-15-9 with 55 shutouts since the start of the 2018 season

UP NEXT

- Catawba has the weekend off before traveling to Wingate next Wednesday to continue their SAC slate