Williamsburg, KY – Evelyn Saldivar tallied a career-high five points, while
Laura Bosca de Pedro,
Letizia Traversone and
Tori Robertson each notched a brace as the fourth-ranked and second-seed Patriots defeated seventh-seed Freed-Hardeman 12-0 in the quarterfinals of the MSC Tournament. With the win, UC advances to the MSC semifinals and improves to 10-2-3 on the season.
Saldivar tallied a goal and career-high three assists, while Traversone finished with two goals and an assists. Robertson and Bosca each chipped in a pair of goals as four other Patriots notched goals in the match.
Lisa Skjoldager and Luca Domingo Porcel each dished out a pair of assists in the win.
Morgan White and Kenga Hebda combined for the shutout as the Patriots defense limited the Lions to just one shot in the match.
Cumberlands controlled the possession from the opening whistle breaking through in the 4' as
Evelyn Saldivar sent a cross into the box, which was deflected over to Noa Amando Sanz for the goal. It marks Amando Sanz first goal of the season and UC the 1-0 lead. UC continued to apply pressure earning a pair of corner kicks. In the 10',
Lisa Skjoldager sent a corner kick towards the back post to Saldivar for the finish extending the lead to 2-0.
The Patriots continued to control the possession for majority of the next 15 minutes of play. In the 25',
Kelsey Baldock got behind the defense and notched a shot that deflected off the post, however, Baldock followed it up and knocked it into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal making it 3-0.
Klara Kozakova,
Carmen Villa,
Tori Robertson, and
Maliah Mitchell all put shots on frame, but couldn't convert as UC took the 3-0 lead into half.
Cumberlands continued to control the possession worked the ball to Saldivar on the left flank early into the second half. The sophomore took two dribbles before crossing the ball into the box for
Wakana Ose to finish making it 4-0 in favor of the Patriots. A few minutes later UC tacked on a goal as
Vlada Milovic sent a ball forward from the backline,
Laura Bosca de Pedro got behind the defense the defense and put a well-placed shot inside the post making it 5-0 in the 56'. It marks Milovic first assists of the season. Bosca tallied her second brace four minutes later this time off an assist from
Letizia Traversone making it 6-0.
Traversone extended the lead to 7-0 in the 64' as she fired a shot from the top of the box into the corner of the goal. Just over a minute later, Nicole Araujo put a freed kick into the box where Saldivar deflected it over to Traversone for a goal to make it 8-0. UC put four shots on frame before Robertson and Klara Kozakocva combined to netted three goals in a three-minute span to make it 11-0.
Emeryn Quint added a late goal off an assists from Domingo Porcel for the 12-0 final.
Cumberlands advances to the MSC semifinals, where they will face the winner of #3 Lindsey Wilson and #6 Georgetown. That match is slated for Wednesday, November 4
th at 4 p.m.
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