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Derek Montgomery
7
Winner St. Scholastica CSS (13-4-2, 11-0-1 UMAC)
0
Bethany Lutheran BLC (10-8, 6-6 UMAC)
Winner
St. Scholastica CSS
(13-4-2, 11-0-1 UMAC)
7
Final
0
Bethany Lutheran BLC
(10-8, 6-6 UMAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Scholastica CSS 3 4 7
Bethany Lutheran BLC 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Carley Nadeau

Friday Scores Four Goals to Lead Women’s Soccer

Notables
-Rudolph sets single-season program record with 13 shutout
-The Saints extend win streak to eight games
-This game is the 19th shutout all time against the Vikings.
-Shots: CSS-28, BLC-6
 
MANKATO, Minn. (csssaints.com) - The St. Scholastica women's soccer team blitzed conference foe Bethany Lutheran College 7-0 Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale. With the win, the Saints clinch their first undefeated regular season in conference play since 2014.
 
The Action
The Saints conquered the first half, with Morgan Friday (Duluth, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's HS) recording a hat trick. Friday scored in the 15th minute with the assist from McKenzie Nelson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS), in the 29th minute with help from Rachel Dixon (Superior, Wis./Superior HS), and the third goal came in the 39th minute from a Lorena Lane (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) assist. The strong 3-0 tally carried over into the second half.
 
CSS also dominated in the second half. Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) scored twice. Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) delivered a corner to Rancour in the 53rd minute, scoring the Saints' fifth goal of the game. The second goal came three minutes later, with Nelson on the assist. In the 61st minute, Friday chipped in her fourth goal of the game to increase the lead to 6-0.
 
With five minutes left in the second, Emily Olson (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids HS) netted her first goal of the season, raising the Saints final score to 7-0.
 
Notable Performances
Rancour led the Saints with nine shots, while Friday recorded seven. Dixon amassed three.
 
Bethany Lutheran goalkeeper Zoe Kinakin stopped 12 out of 19 shots. CSS' goalkeeper Roni Rudolph (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minnesota-Duluth)) saved one shot. Rudolph has now set the single-season program record for shutouts with 13.
 
Up Next
The Saints (13-4-2, 11-0-1 UMAC) will host either the University of Minnesota Morris or University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday in the UMAC Tournament. Kickoff for the No.1 seeded Saints in the semifinal match will begin at 1:30 p.m.
 
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