DANVILLE, Ky. – Ninth-ranked Centre women's soccer trounced visiting Mt. St. Joseph Sunday, running away with a 7-0 victory at Andrew P. Amend Field.
 
The Colonels improved to 2-0 on the season while the Lions slide to 0-1-1.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- Goals came early and often from the home side, beginning with Alana Hughes' score in the seventh minute after the senior forward slipped past a defender.
- Brooke Smithson netted her second goal of the season and Centre's second of the match six minutes later, going upper-ninety on a pass from Taylor Gebhart.
- Less than two minutes later, Gebhart herself scored on an assist from Hughes, marking her first collegiate goal.
- Before long, Hughes converted on a penalty kick and made it 4-0 in just the 17th minute.
- Rookie Abby Carter opened the second half scoring with her first collegiate goal, one-timing a pass from Abby Hegarty.
- In the 68th minute, Gracie Fitzgerald scored on a header, putting home a headed pass from Kristin Dean off a corner to lift the margin up to 6-0.
- Centre's final tally came from freshman Mills Mullen, whose first career score was a precise left-footed shot to the left upper ninety. Julia Balte provided the assist.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Aside from the final score, Centre held major advantages in shots (32 to 4), shots on goal (21 to 2) and corner kicks (7 to 0) while maintaining nearly 60% of the possession.
- Hughes' two scores gave her seven career multi-goal performances, and she finished the opening weekend with nine total points.
- Jonelle Barron earned her second career victory, making one save in roughly 59 minutes of action. Sarah Stodghill played the final 31 minutes, also recording one stop.
- A total of 32 Colonels saw action in the decisive victory.
 
UP NEXT
The Colonels have their first road test next weekend, traveling to face Wittenberg Saturday, Sept. 7, at 1 p.m. in Springfield, Ohio.