ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's soccer team cruised to an 8-0 win over Belhaven on Friday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Francis Olympic Field. WashU is now 16-1-2 on the year.
The Bears will play the winner of Hope and Simpson tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. in the regional final. The winner will play the winner of the UW-La Crosse regional next weekend in the Sweet 16.
WashU scored just under four minutes in at the 3:47 mark as sophomore
Annika Park tapped it to sophomore
Heidi Fesler who crossed it to junior
Cami Colpitts who made it a 1-0 game.
It was Colpitts who extended the lead to 2-0 in the 12
th minute, finishing off a pass from senior
Madi Foley for her 11
th goal of the season.
In the 26
th minute, junior
Olivia Clemons took a pass from junior
Emily Fox and slipped it past the goalkeeper for a 3-0 advantage.
Clemons struck again in the 31
st minute, scoring her 11
th goal of the season for a 4-0 Bears' lead.
First-year
Kate Loudamy scored her second goal of the season on an assist from Fox, putting WashU ahead 5-0.
After recording two assists, it was Fox's turn to score, putting in a ball from sophomore
Ridley Newton in the 68
th minute.
Newton scored her first goal of the season in the 78
th minute following a scramble in front of the net off a corner kick where she finished it off.
Sophomore
Maya Stevenson scored the final goal of the game in the 84
th minute, marking her fourth goal of the year.
As a team, WashU outshot Belhaven 40-0 with 25 shots on goal. The Bears also had 10 corner kicks on the day.
Fox had 11 shots with six on goal while Colpitts registered six shots with five on goal. In the net, junior
Kassidy Lanthier and senior
Charlotte Shapiro combined for the blank sheet.
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