River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University women's soccer team was back home on Saturday afternoon to take on the Sabres of Marian University.
Results:
Dominican: 5
Marian: 0
How it Happened:
-Dominican wasted no time setting the tempo of the match, as Sophomore
Meghan Wilhite fired home a feed from Freshman
Tia Garr in the 4
th minute to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.
-Junior
Sarah Borsellino would cap off a great individual effort from the penalty spot to extend the lead to 2-0.
-At the half, the Stars would lead 2-0 while outshooting Marian 8-3.
-In the 48
th minute, Wilhite would collect her 2
nd of the afternoon off of an assist from Junior
Natalia Lopez to extend the lead to 3-0.
-Graduate Student
Regan Coxon would join in on the goal-scoring in the 72
nd minute. Assists were awarded to Junior
Mia Taullahu and Graduate Student
Grace Larson. 4-0 Stars.
-Freshman
Ariana Barney would add the exclamation point on the afternoon after firing home a shot set up by Coxon and Larson in the 78
th minute.
-The Stars would preserve the clean sheet and see out the 5-0 result.
-DU would have 22 total shots, with 13 of them on target.
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore
Meghan Wilhite scored a brace in the contest, slotting home her first 2 goals of the season.
-Graduate Student
Regan Coxon put away her 7
th goal of the season and collected an assist in the effort.
-Graduate Student
Grace Larson notched 2 assists and 6 shots.
-Junior
Sarah Borsellino fired one home from the penalty after winning the penalty with some nifty dribbling in the box.
-Freshman
Ariana Barney scored her 5
th goal of the season on her lone shot.
-Freshman
Tia Garr recorded an assist in the outing.
-Junior
Natalia Lopez tallied her 4
th assist on the campaign.
-Graduate Student
Sarah Grimmett had 2 saves in the victory.
Leading the Way:
Goals: Wilhite (2)
Assists: Larson (1)
Shots: Larson (6)
Shots on Goal: Larson (4)
Saves: Grimmett (2)
Minutes: Grimmett and Hoffner (90)
What's Next:
The Dominican University women's soccer team will be back in action Wednesday afternoon to take on Edgewood at home. Kick-off will be at 3:00 p.m.
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