Notables
-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) opener for both teams
-Friday becomes third player in program history to record at least five goals in a game
-CSS out-shoots NCU 54-0
-Archer/Nelson each record first collegiate goals
DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – Sophomore
Morgan Friday (Duluth, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's HS) scored five goals in the opening 25 minutes of play on Tuesday as the St. Scholastica women's soccer team defeated North Central University (Minn.) 9-0 for its first victory of the season.
How it Happened
The first two goals were the same combination of a
Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) corner, finding Friday in the box, who proceeded to finish. The first Friday goal came on a header four minutes in. Her second goal came a minute later via a volley off the corner to make it 2-0.
Rouillard then got into the action in the 15
th minute putting in a cross from
Emily Olson (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids HS). Friday would then go on to score three consecutive goals between the 16
th and 25
th minutes. Two of which she did on her own and the third she was assisted by
Jordan Lundberg (Detroit Lakes, Minn./Detroit Lakes HS) to make the score 6-0 less than 25 minutes in.
Brea Archer (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) followed with her first two collegiate goals in the 38
th and 42
nd minutes to make the halftime score 8-0. Fellow freshmen
Claire Voigt (Becker, Minn./Becker HS) and
Sidney Botker (Mankato, Minn./Loyola Catholic School) had the assists for their first collegiate points.
CSS added only one goal in the second half with
McKenzie Nelson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) registering her first collegiate goal in the 53
rd minute to make the final 9-0.
Goalkeeping
Alexa Gothard (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Lake Superior College)) did not face a shot to earn her first shutout as a Saint.
Up Next
The Saints (1-5, 1-0 UMAC) will have their make-up game against Augsburg University on Sunday at Saints Field with action beginning at 3:30 p.m.
