#17 Women's Soccer blitzes Anderson in first half en route to fourth straight win

Anderson, S.C. —- The 17th-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team scored four first-half goals in its 5-1 win at Anderson on Saturday evening, earning its fourth straight SAC win of three or more goals.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-shot Anderson 24-5

- The Catawba Indians recorded 13 shots on goal to the Trojans' four

- Catawba took 11 of 13 corner kicks on the afternoon

- Both teams were called for nine fouls; AU got the lone yellow card

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Callie Hammond netted two first-half goals

- Lillie Rusher scored a goal and recorded an assist

- Alexah Fite had the game-winner in the second minute

- Kelly Havens put her fourth goal of the season in the back of the net

- Morgan Delair recorded an assist

- Ashley Hughes earned the win in goal, recording three saves

- Ali Skinner and Summer Ward forced the Trojans' keeper into saves

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Fite lofted a high-arching shot into the top corner for her first goal of the season in the second minute for the eventual game-winner

- Anderson answered with a shot on target from Carly Keuffer, but Hughes stepped up for the save

- Catawba drew a penalty in the 14th minute and Rusher converted for her second penalty-kick score of the season

- Hammond stole the ball off a touch from the Anderson keeper and poked in a goal in the 22nd minute

- The Trojans' efforts to get on the scoresheet were stopped by Hughes with saves in the 29th and 30th minutes

- Hammond netted in another score off of a Rusher assist for a first-half brace, leading Catawba to its largest halftime lead of the season, 4-0

SECOND HALF

- Catawba added to its lead in the first six minutes of the second half, as Havens scored off a rebound in the 51st minute

- Anderson's Madison Bowling responded with its lone goal of the evening in the 60th minute

- The Trojans' Macy McDufford made five saves the rest of the way, but was able to hold Catawba out of the back of the net for nearly the final 40 minutes; Catawba did not concede a shot on goal in the second half en route to three points on the road

GAME NOTES

- Hammond's first-career multi-goal game, logged eighth and ninth career goals on the day

- Fite's first goal of the season and of her Catawba career; Fite scored five goals as a sophomore at North Greenville

- Rusher's fourth assist of the season, tied for third in the SAC; Rusher's eighth career goal

- Havens' fourth goal of the season is tied for the most in the league by a defender; Havens' 13th career goal

- First win of the season with no points recorded by Bree Ehmer

- Brown is 107-49-16 all-time; Catawba's 398th win in program history

UP NEXT

- Catawba turns to non-conference action next week, traveling to 4th-ranked Columbus State for a regional showdown on Wednesday; first touch is set for 1 p.m.