WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Sept. 6) – The Waynesburg University women's soccer team battled the heat, humidity and visiting La Roche during a non-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match on Wednesday night. The Yellow Jackets scored early and often en route to an 8-1 win over the Redhawks.
Senior
Kate James (Silver Spring, Md. / St. John's College H.S.) needed just 2:01 to put her team on the board. James was set up by junior
Brooklyn Loveland (New Cumberland, W.Va. / Oak Glen) on the day's first tally.
The eventual game winner was driven home by sophomore
Reagan Mittendorf (Bluffton, Ohio / Bluffton), who recorded an unassisted goal early in the eighth minute. Roughly six minutes later, freshman
Julz Mohrbacher continued the torrid start to her collegiate career with her fourth goal in three games to make the score 3-1. Mohrbacher made it five goals in three contests during the 42
nd minute to put her squad up 4-0, which was also the score at halftime.
Another Waynesburg freshman (2-1) –
Emily Beck (Pittsburgh, Pa. / West Mifflin) – scored her first in Orange and Black during the 49
th minute to make the score 5-0. The Jackets got another insurance goal thanks to Mittendorf's third on the year 10 minutes into the half.
Midway through the 79
th minute, freshman
Kylie Criddle (Lewisburg, W.Va. / Greenbrier East) added her name to the score sheet to make the score 7-0. After La Roche (1-2) got its only score of the contest in the 80
th minute, sophomore
Riley Corradi (Darlington, Pa. / Blackhawk) closed the game's scoring when she converted an assist from sophomore
Rachel Bright (Macomb, Ill. / Macomb).
The final score reflected a lopsided 21-6 advantage in total shots and a 12-3 edge in shots on goal.
Freshman
Alexus Greenlief (Chester, W.Va. / Oak Glen) made her second-straight start in goal and improved to 2-0 as a collegiate goalie. She tallied two saves over 90 minutes of work.
The Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, Sept. 12, when they travel to Pitt Greensburg to face the Bobcats. Start time is scheduled for 3 p.m.