#3 Women’s Soccer rolls to 5-0 win over Tusculum

Salisbury, N.C. —- The third-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team rolled to its fourth win by five or more goals this season in a shutout win over Newberry in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday evening.

TEAM STATS

- Catawba out-shot Tusculum 34-6

- The Catawba Indians won the advantage in shots on goal 15-2

- Catawba held a 17-1 edge on corner kicks

- Each team received a yellow card

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

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

- Helen Summerell scored the game-winner and added an assist

- Bree Ehmer netted a goal and dished out an assist

- Lillie Rusher also scored a goal

- Hannah Dunn added to her team-leading assist total with a pair

- McKenzee Johnson and Maria Rayburn recorded assists as well

- Ashley Hughes and Gabby Cossette each made a save in the combined shutout

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Alexah Fite fired a shot that hit the crossbar before Jimmo had a shot on goal in the fifth minute

- Ehmer found Summerell to break through for the score in the 12th minute

- Catawba had two shots on goal in the 33rd minute but Tusculum made two saves 

- Morgan Delair and Ayden Vaughan forced the TU keeper to make two more saves in the next five minutes

- Hughes made her save in the 38th minute

- Ehmer scored in the final 90 seconds of the half to take a 2-0 lead into the halftime break

SECOND HALF

- Jimmo netted her first goal of the evening just over three minutes into the second half

- Rusher made it 4-0 in the 54th minute

- Jimmo scored her 11th goal of the season in the 62 minute

- The team brought on reserves the rest of the way, cruising to their third conference win in as many games

UP NEXT

- Catawba hits the road, traveling to Coker on Wednesday for a 4:30 p.m. start