Cincinnati Blasts Eastern Kentucky, 9-0

September 5, 2014

Sept. 5, 2014

Goals were plentiful for the University of Cincinnati women's soccer team on Friday night at Gettler Stadium as they blasted Eastern Kentucky, 9-0. The Bearcats' freshmen led the way by scoring six of the team's nine goals.

Newcomer Jaycie Brown put UC on the board in the 16^th minute with a strike from inside the box, and the Bearcats offense continued to pack it on as they added two more before the half.

Brown would add her second goal of the match in the 52^nd minute, and her fellow classmates decided to follow suit with Vanessa Gilles and Julie Gavorski each recording a pair of goals.

UC tallied a total of six goals in the second half to make the final score 9-0. The Bearcats' goal total is the most in a single match since Oct. 9, 1993 when they defeated Robert Morris, 13-0.

GOAL SCORING SUMMARY
CIN - Jaycie Brown (Katy Couperus), 16^th
Couperus dribbled through the defense at midfield and slipped a through pass to Brown. The freshman then struck the ball past the keeper's right side. CIN 1, EKU 0

CIN - Megan Cravenor (Christi Mason, Mackenzie Grause), 34^th
Mason serviced a free kick into the box, and EKU's keeper punched it up in the air. Grause headed the ball to Cravenor, who punched a shot along the face of the goal and into the far, back corner. CIN 2, EKU 0

CIN - Vanessa Gilles (Jae Atkinson), 44^th
The Colonels' goalkeeper fanned at Atkinson's free kick, which was bent in from the right side of the field. The ball bounced twice and eventually found Gilles' foot on the backside of the goal for a tap in. CIN 3, EKU 0

CIN - Christi Mason (Jae Atkinson), 99^th
Atkinson hooked a corner kick to the far post, where Mason was standing to volley in the goal. CIN 4, EKU 4

CIN - Jaycie Brown (unassisted), 52^nd
Brown dribbled around a few defenders and then chipped a shot to the far corner of the goal. CIN 5, EKU 0

CIN - Vanessa Gilles (Mackenzie Grause), 65^th
Grause took a free kick from just outside the 18-yard box, and her shot ricocheted in front of the goal. Luckily, it landed at Gilles feet, and she slid the ball under the keeper's arms. CIN 6, EKU 0

CIN - Danielle Rotheram (Haleigh Hoff), 78^th
Hoff slipped a through ball between two defenders and connected with Rotheram. The junior then went one-on-one with the Colonels' goalkeeper and beat her to the right. CIN 7, EKU 0

CIN - Julie Gavorski (Danielle Rotheram), 80^th
Rotheram serviced a ball from the left side of the goal, and Gavorski volleyed the ball into the center of the net. CIN 8, EKU 0

CIN - Julie Gavorski (Kelly Latimer), 89^th
Latimer bent in a corner kick from the left side, and Gavorski rose above everyone else to head home her second and the team's ninth goal of the match. CIN 9, EKU 0

MATCH NOTES
- Cincinnati improves to 3-0 all-time against Eastern Kentucky with the 8-0 victory on Friday night.
- Friday night's goal total of nine is the most since Oct. 9, 1993 when Cincinnati defeated Robert Morris, 11-1, on the road. It is the most goals scored at home since Oct. 19, 1988 when UC beat St. Joseph's, 13-0.
- A total of 11 Cincinnati student-athletes recorded a point in Friday night's match with eight of those 13 tallying two or more.
- Atkinson tallied two assists in the win over EKU. Heading into the match, she was tied for second in the American Athletic Conference with three on the season.
- Six of the Bearcats' goals were scored by freshmen with Brown, Gilles and Gavorski each netting two.
- Hoff garnered her first career point as she assisted Rotheram on the Bearcats' seventh goal in the 78th minute.
- Cincinnati outshot Eastern Kentucky, 25-5, with the Colonels only recording one shot on goal.

NEXT MATCH
The Bearcats take Saturday off before returning to Gettler Stadium to face St. Francis at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

TWEETS OF THE NIGHT

Thanks @UCWomensSoccer for "rushing the stands" and singing Down the Drive with us after your 9-0 SHUTOUT tonight vs EKU! #ONETEAM
— RallyCats (@UCRallyCats) September 6, 2014