Coming off a dominant shutout victory over Marietta, the College of Wooster women’s soccer team entered the weekend looking to continue their defensive dominance and to extend their impressive 4-0 record.
In Saturday’s match against Bethany College, the Scots matched a season-high four goals on a wet day in Wooster.
The lone goal in the first half came when Bri Fulmer ’12 was assisted by Chantal Koechli ’09 for her team- leading third goal of the season.
Though the weather slowed the game down a bit in the first half, the Scots didn’t waste time proving their offensive prowess, with Koelchli scoring in the 47th minute on a breakaway.
Nineteen minutes later, Bethany cut the Wooster lead in half.
Like so many times before, the Scots responded with an impressive offensive push to retake control of the game. In the 70th minute Maggie Kehm ’12 pushed her way down the right side of the field and sent a beautiful kick across the field to Simone DiSalvo ’10, who placed the ball in the back of the net.
Later, Liz Mott ’11 put the game completely out of reach for Bethany when she floated a ball from 18 yards out over the goalie’s head for her second score of the season.
The next day, the women’s soccer team traveled to Kalamazoo College and again dominated 4-1. This is the first 6-0 start in history.
However, the Scots came out of the gate sluggish and got a scare when the Hornets scored first just 91 seconds into the contest.
But the lead would not last for long, for in the ninth minute Kehm scored her first collegiate goal. Later, Koechli and Mott helped each other out with Mott assisting Koechli in the 27th minute, then Koechli sending a cornerkick to the head of Mott in the 33rd minute for a score.
And in the second half, little changed in the game play.
Kate Kiley ’11 tied a team high third goal of the season ‚Ä” coming on a Koechli assist. Koechli now holds the team lead in assists (6), goals (3) and points (12).