Ehmer nets two as #19 Women’s Soccer rolls to 5-0 win over Limestone

Salisbury, N.C. —-- Catawba College sophomore Bree Ehmer scored two goals, as the 19th-ranked women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over visiting Limestone on Sunday afternoon at Frock Field.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-shot Limestone 22-4

- The Catawba Indians had 12 shots on goal to two for the Saints

- Catawba recorded seven of eight corner kicks on the afternoon

- The Catawba Indians were called for 10 fouls compared to eight for LU

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Ehmer scored two goals on six shots, four of which were on goal

- Lauren Darbo scored her second goal of the last two games

- Kelly Havens recorded her third goal of the season

- Avery Rush netted her first-career goal

- Lillie Rusher dished out two assists on corner kicks

- Maria Rayburn also assisted

- Ashley Hughes notched the shutout with two saves in goal

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Ehmer put the pressure on early with a shot on target in the third minute

- Rusher's corner kick in the fourth minute found the head of Ehmer for the opening score

- Darbo netted Catawba's second goal in the first 10 minutes of the game action off an assist from Rayburn in the 10th minute

- Catawba got a couple of shots off the rest of the half, but Limestone was the only one to get a shot on target, which Hughes saved in the 43rd minute

SECOND HALF

- Catawba returned the pressure on the Limestone net in the 50th minute when Kylie Morin forced the Limestone save

- Catawba forced three more Limestone saves before breaking through on Havens followed up her own rebound for a score in the 64th minute

- Less than two minutes later, Ehmer fired a left-footed rocket across the box to push the lead to 4-0

- Rush headed home her first collegiate goal in the 68th minute for Catawba's third goal in a five-minute span

- Ella Matthews and Ellie Schock had good looks to expand on the lead, but Limestone made the save

GAME NOTES

- Catawba's highest-scoring game of the season

- Ehmer's second career multi-goal game; NCAA Tournament Second Round win over North Georgia was first

- First multi-goal game for a Catawba player this season

- Ehmer ranks second in the SAC with five goals scored this season

- Brown improves to 105-49-16 in his career; Catawba's 396th win in program history

UP NEXT

- Catawba returns to Frock Field on Wednesday, facing Coker in its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game; first touch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.