Sept. 7, 2014

Final Stats

The University of Cincinnati women's soccer capped off an undefeated weekend with a 5-0 shutout win over St. Francis at Gettler Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

With the youth of the Bearcats (4-1-1) stealing the spotlight on Friday night, the upperclassmen made their presence known on Sunday by scoring four of the five goals against the Red Flash (0-6-0).

Redshirt junior Mackenzie Grause started off the scoring with a goal in the 3^rd minute, and redshirt senior Emily Elsbrock added another goal in the 12^th minute. The Bearcats would take the 2-0 lead into the locker room.

Danielle Rotheram stole the show in the second half as she netted goals in the 67^th and 69^th minute, while also assisting on Taylor Jackson's goal in the 71^st minute.

Cincinnati shutout their opponent for the second consecutive match. Dating back to the UC Santa Barbara game on Aug. 31, the Bearcats have held their opponents scoreless for 202 minutes and 48 seconds.

CIN - Mackenzie Grause (Christi Howard), 3^rd
Following a corner that was punched away by the Red Flash goalkeeper, Howard one-timed a shot on goal, but it was batted away. Grause got the rebound at the front of the goal and tapped it in. CIN 1, SFU 0

CIN - Emily Elsbrock (unassisted), 12^th
An errant pass back to the SFU goalkeeper got through the defense, and Elsbrock raced to the ball with the Red Flash keeper. Both the redshirt senior and goalkeeper kicked at the ball at the 18-yard box, and to UC's luck it ricocheted towards the goal. With an empty net, Elsbrock then pushed the ball across the goal line. CIN 2, SFU 0

CIN - Danielle Rotheram (Lizzie Ehrnfelt, Taylor Jackson), 67^th
Ehrnfelt crossed a ball to the far post, and Jackson was there to head the ball to Rotheram's feet. The junior then one-timed the ball to the lower, left corner. CIN 3, SFU 0

CIN - Danielle Rotheram (Katy Couperus, Allison Abbe), 69^th
Couperus passed the ball out to Abbe on the far left sideline.  Abbe slipped a ball to Rotheram as she streaked down the middle of the box. She controlled the ball and beat the keeper one-on-one for the goal. CIN 4, SFU 0

CIN - Taylor Jackson (Danielle Rotheram), 71^st
With a defender on her back, Rotheram kicked the ball over her head to Jackson, who was running towards the opponents goal. Jackson fought off a defender and then beat the keeper one-on-one. CIN 5, SFU 0

MATCH NOTES
- The Bearcats are 4-1-1 to begin the 2014 season, which is the best start for UC since 2010 when they went 5-1-0.
- Cincinnati's 14 goals over the weekend is the most for a single weekend since 1985 when they tallied 15 in matches against Mt. St. Josephs (10/9: W, 13-0) and Missouri-Rolla (10/12: W, 2-0).
- The Bearcats have held their opponents scoreless the last 202 minutes and 48 seconds.
- Rotheram had a career day on Sunday by tallying five points (two goals, one assist) against St. Francis. She finished the weekend with a total of eight points (three goals, two assists), which tops her season total of seven from 2013.
- UC outshot its opponents 57-8 and held a 20-2 advantage in corner kicks.
- Dating back to last season, Couperus has tallied a point in seven of the last nine matches. In those nine matches, she has a total of 17 points or 1.89 points per game.

NEXT MATCH
The Bearcats hop back on the road next Friday as they travel to Huntington, West Virginia to face Marshall at 4 p.m. The squad then returns home the following Sunday for to face cross-town rival Xavier at 1 p.m.

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