DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre women's soccer scored four goals in a 20-minute span to run away from Wooster in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, 4-0, played under chilly conditions at Andrew P. Amend Field Saturday. 
 
The fourth-ranked Colonels (20-0) proved too much for the visiting Fighting Scots (13-4-3), who went toe-to-toe until with Centre until Keeghan Francis opened the flood gates in the 54th minute.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- Centre dominated possession during the early stages of the match, getting a handful of chances on goal.
- Francis found the back of the net in the 19th minute, but was deemed offsides and the score remained level.
- Wooster handled much of the possession in the later stages of the period, but the two sides went into the break in a scoreless tie.
- Centre broke out in a major way early in the second period, beginning on Francis' goal in the 54th minute. Alana Hughes provided the assist with a precise header forward.
- Meghan Paynter would score 56 seconds later, dribbling past a defender to set up a one-on-one with the keeper.
- Hughes provided another assist later in the period, finding Elizabeth Nelson for a goal in the 71st minute.
- Not long after, Brooke Smithson took a through-pass from Taylor Gebhart and found the back of the net to cap the scoring. 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Centre faced four shots (two on goal) but still managed its 14th consecutive shutout. Sarah Stodghill stopped on Wooster shots on target in her clean sheet.
- The Colonels put nine of their 16 shots on goal, led by three total attempts from Hughes, Nelson and Francis.
 
UP NEXT
Centre faces the winner of No. 22 Chicago and Grove City Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at Amend Field.