Rio Grande News
Rio Grande's Taylor Ahrens scoots by a WVU Tech defender in Wednesday's game. Ahrens had two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win
Wed, Oct. 3, 2012 - [Women's Soccer]
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Taylor Ahrens scored two goals and assisted on another, while Alex Davis had four assists to help the University of Rio Grande cruise past West Virginia University Tech, 5-1, Wednesday evening, in non-conference women's soccer action at Evan E. Davis Field.
The RedStorm snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory, improving to 5-7 overall.
WVU Tech suffered its sixth straight loss and slipped to 2-10. Rio Grande outshot the Golden Bears, 12-1, in the opening half en route to a 4-0 lead at the intermission.
Freshman forward Kasey Crow (Chillicothe, OH) got the scoring underway just 5:51 into the contest, scoring her team-best ninth goal of the season off assists from junior defender Mary Beth Schramm (Marietta, OH) and Davis, a junior forward from Ashville, Ohio.
Davis let fly with a corner kick which Schramm headed in front of the goal and Crow headed the ricochet into the net past Tech goal keeper Bridget Leach.
Ahrens, a freshman midfielder from Ross, Ohio, scored off of another corner kick by Davis with 32:29 remaining in the half and the duo teamed up yet again 5-1/2 minutes later to extend the RedStorm lead to 3-0.
Sophomore forward Allana Shelton (Rota, Spain) scored off of a feed from Ahrens with just over 20 minutes left in the opening stanza to make it 4-0.
Senior defender Katie Fuller (Hamilton, OH) scored her first goal of the season - and just the second of her career - from just outside of the box after a pass from Davis in the left corner with 29:25 left in the match, pushing the cushion to 5-0.
Davis' four assists in the win give her a club-high seven for the season.
The Golden Bears avoided a shutout after an unassisted marker by Creshana Jones at the 70:19 mark.
Junior goal keeper Hannah Stickelman (Ontario, OH) picked up her first win of the season in four decisions for Rio, recording three saves in the process.
Leach had 10 saves in a losing cause for Tech, which was outshot 17-7 for the game.
Rio Grande returns to action next Tuesday, when it travels to rival Shawnee State for a Mid-South Conference outing. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. in Portsmouth.
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Taylor Ahrens scored two goals and assisted on another, while Alex Davis had four assists to help the University of Rio Grande cruise past West Virginia University Tech, 5-1, Wednesday evening, in non-conference women's soccer action at Evan E. Davis Field.
The RedStorm snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory, improving to 5-7 overall.
WVU Tech suffered its sixth straight loss and slipped to 2-10. Rio Grande outshot the Golden Bears, 12-1, in the opening half en route to a 4-0 lead at the intermission.
Freshman forward Kasey Crow (Chillicothe, OH) got the scoring underway just 5:51 into the contest, scoring her team-best ninth goal of the season off assists from junior defender Mary Beth Schramm (Marietta, OH) and Davis, a junior forward from Ashville, Ohio.
Davis let fly with a corner kick which Schramm headed in front of the goal and Crow headed the ricochet into the net past Tech goal keeper Bridget Leach.
Ahrens, a freshman midfielder from Ross, Ohio, scored off of another corner kick by Davis with 32:29 remaining in the half and the duo teamed up yet again 5-1/2 minutes later to extend the RedStorm lead to 3-0.
Sophomore forward Allana Shelton (Rota, Spain) scored off of a feed from Ahrens with just over 20 minutes left in the opening stanza to make it 4-0.
Senior defender Katie Fuller (Hamilton, OH) scored her first goal of the season - and just the second of her career - from just outside of the box after a pass from Davis in the left corner with 29:25 left in the match, pushing the cushion to 5-0.
Davis' four assists in the win give her a club-high seven for the season.
The Golden Bears avoided a shutout after an unassisted marker by Creshana Jones at the 70:19 mark.
Junior goal keeper Hannah Stickelman (Ontario, OH) picked up her first win of the season in four decisions for Rio, recording three saves in the process.
Leach had 10 saves in a losing cause for Tech, which was outshot 17-7 for the game.
Rio Grande returns to action next Tuesday, when it travels to rival Shawnee State for a Mid-South Conference outing. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. in Portsmouth.
