Williamsburg, KY – The sixth-ranked Cumberlands women's soccer team netted four first half goals en route to a 5-0 victory over Bethel Thursday afternoon at the UC Soccer Complex. With the win, UC improves to 7-2-3 overall and 4-1 in MSC play.
Prior to the match, Cumberlands honored their six 2026 seniors. The Patriots had four different goal scorers in the match, including senior
Wakana Ose, while seniors
Abigail Little and
Samantha Sokolove accounted for two of UC's three assists in the match.
Morgan White and
Kinga Hebda combined for the shutout.
Patriots take control early as Laura Bosca put a shot on frame, which was saved.
Daria Smirnova followed with a shot which was saved before she connected on the rebound netting her first collegiate goal giving UC the 1-0 lead, two minutes into the game. Minutes later, Evelynn Saldivar gets possession for the Patriots and plays the ball forward to
Lisa Skjoldager, who centers it to
Wakana Ose. Ose made a cutback move before sliding the ball off the post and into the net extending UC's lead to 2-0.
Less than a minute later,
Abigail Little took one dribble before sending the ball into the box, where it deflected of Saldivar to Skjoldager. Skjoldager put a well-placed shot inside the far post for her third goal of the season and making it 3-0 in the 14'. The Patriots continued to control possession rattling off five shots and a trio of corner kicks over the next 25 minutes as UC continued to lead. The score remained 3-0 until the 42', when
Samantha Sokolove sent a cross towards the back post, where
Tori Robertson headed it in for the goal, extending the lead to 4-0. Robertson added two shots in close minute of the half, however, they were saved as Cumberlands took a 5-0 advantage into the break.
UC continued to apply pressure in the second half as
Letizia Traversone forced a turnover, pushed the ball towards the middle of the pitch before putting a well-placed shot just inside the near post for a goal. That goal made extending UC's lead to 5-0. Cumberlands tallied 11 shots over the final 40 minutes of regulations, with seven of them on frame. Bethel's best opportunity came in the 73' as Luiza Rodrigues put a free kick on goal, however, Kinda Hebda was there for the save to preserve Cumberlands seventh clean sheet.
Cumberlands will return to action on Wednesday, October 21
st, when they host #23 Life. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. with live video available
here.
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