Columbia, KY – The top-ranked Cumberlands women's soccer team recorded their fourth straight clean sheet, while netting a trio of goals in the second half to defeat Lindsey Wilson 3-0 Wednesday night at Ray Wells Field. With the win, Cumberlands improves to 13-0 on the year and 4-0 in MSC play, while the Blue Raiders move to 3-6-2 and 2-2 in conference play.
Jayden Boelter led the way for UC with her seventh multi-goal game of the season. The Hebron, KY native scored twice which extends her consecutive match streak to 13. Boelter now has 23 goals on the season, which ties Elisabeth Sandvand (1999) for the program record.
Rita Aguye netted her second goal of the year as
Nicole Araujo and
Samantha Sokolove each tallied an assist.
George Martell made one save to improve to 12-0 on the year as the Patriots backline of Aguye,
Olaya Blanco,
Alba Ramirez, and Sokolove limited Lindsey Wilson to just four shots in the match.
Patriots took the first shot of the match as
Jayden Boelter put one on frame, which was saved by the Blue Raiders defender. Cumberlands continued to control the possession as UC tallied a trio of shots to go along with a cornerkick as the game remained scoreless after the opening ten minutes. The Patriots continued to control the possession rattling off five shots and three cornerkicks over the rest of the half however the match remained scoreless at the break.
UC continued to control the possession to open the second half tallying a cornerkick and a pair of shots in the first five minutes. The Patriots broke through in the 52' as Boelter fired a shot towards the net and scored putting UC in front 1-0. Lindsey Wilson look for the equalizer a couple minutes late but Martell made the save keeping Cumberlands in front. The Blue Raiders continued to apply pressure earning a cornerkick and tallying two shots, both of which were blocked by the Pats defense. Blanco had a shot deflect off the post in the 68'. The score remained 1-0 until the 73' when Noal Paalman took a throw-in and found
Nicole Araujo, who crossed the ball into the box for Boelter to finish making it 2-0. In the closing minutes of the match Sokolove took a cornerkick and put a well-placed ball into the box for Aguye to head into the goal for the 3-0 final.
UC outshot Lindsey Wilson 20-4 in the match and had an 11-2 edge on cornerkicks.
Cumberlands returns to the pitch Tuesday, October 29, when they travel to Henderson, TN to face Freed-Hardeman. This match was rescheduled from earlier this year and kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
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