INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian women's soccer team lit up the scoreboard on Tuesday night at St. Vincent Field, as they shutout Indiana Tech 7-0 in their home opener. The win was Marian's third straight win and improve their record to 3-0 to start the season.
The Knights' headlined the game, dominating possession from the opening kickoff taking 13 first half shots and scoring in the first six minutes on a
Katie Koger goal with the assist coming from
Naomi Walters. The offense continued to come for Marian, firing off eight more shot attempts before
Delaney Taylor found
Silvia Quezada for her first career goal to give her team the 2-0 lead. Indiana Tech finally took possession in the final minute of the half, finding their first shot attempt of the game that would end up wide right.
The scores kept coming for Marian in the second half, with the Knights adding five more goals to their total.
Gretchen Mallin scored the first of the half, finding back netting on the feed from
Bridget Stratman. The Knights wasted no time in adding to their lead, scoring three straight goals in less than five minutes. Walters found herself on the other end of the ball as she netted her first goal of the game and Taylor added one as well. Walter continued her tear as she went on to score the final two goals to complete her first hat trick of the season, with the final goal coming off the bounce back from the crossbar of
Kylie Conrad's shot.
Tech had no answer for Marian's offense as they went on to win 7-0 in dominating fashion. Marian took 25 shots in the victory and allowed the Warriors only one shot.
Walters led Marian in goals with her hat trick. Taylor, Koger, Mallin, and Quezada all scored one goal. Jones and Conrad led in the assist category, dishing out two each, while Stratman, Taylor, Koger, and Walters all added one.
Kristen Morgan and
Lily Ames split time in goal for the Knights, with neither seeing much action on their end. Morgan picked up the win, improving her record to 3-0.
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