DANVILLE, Ky. - Centre women's soccer cruised to a shutout win in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) play on Senior Day with a 5-0 rout of Millsaps College that featured two braces.
The Colonels left the celebration with a 9-2-1 overall record and an SAA mark of 2-1. The Majors fell to 2-9-2 overall and 0-4 in the SAA with the loss on Sunday.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Ashlyn Miles opened the scoring, and her Centre scoring account, with a goal in the 26th minute. The freshman took control of a ball that missed the intended target and put the ball in the net.
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Mary Martin Hampton got the first goal of her brace in the 41st minute.
Claire Cavacini intercepted a ball from a Millsaps player and passed to her Colonel teammate who sent the ball into the back left corner of the goal.
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Lydia Bowling, another member of the Gold & White to notch a brace, scored the first goal of the second half. Less than a minute into the second frame the senior took a weird bounce and turned it into a score just inches from the goal.
- Hampton added her second score in the 74th minute.
Zara McCarthy's third assist of the season was what Hampton needed to lock down a brace.
- The final goal secured another brace. Bowling beat a defender and then went around the Major's goalie, who was on the ground, before sending her second goal into the netting to finish the 5-0 win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Colonels took a whopping 33 shots while holding Millsaps to none. A total of 20 of those shots were on goal, which is a season-high for the Centre squad.
- The five goals are the second-most in a match this season for the Gold & White.
- Sunday marked the seventh shutout for Centre this season and the second time in the 2024 campaign that the Colonels kept their opponent from taking any shots.
- Centre was awarded nine corner kicks while the Majors had none. That scenario has happened three times this season.
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Grace Dutcher and
Anna Thomas split the game in goal. Dutcher earned the start and Thomas came in to play the full second period.
UP NEXT
Just one home game is left in the regular season for the Gold & White. Centre hosts Campbellsville University on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to close the home campaign at Amend Field.