Angelee Rodriguez Scores Twice, No. 4 Spartans Win 10th Game of Season

Angelee Rodriguez Scores Twice, No. 4 Spartans Win 10th Game of Season

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Behind the first two career goals from junior Angelee Rodriguez, the fourth-ranked Case Western Reserve University women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over Baldwin Wallace University on Tuesday night at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.

The Spartans finished non-conference play with a record of 10-0-1, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 1-7-2.

Stats and Standouts

  • CWRU scored four times in the first half and once in the second period
  • Rodriguez netted her first career goal with 18 seconds remaining in the first stanza and added the second in the 75th minute
  • Seniors Mackenzie Mueller, Maggie Farra, and Andrea Silva added goals for Case Western Reserve with senior Alexis Sassower and first-year Izzy Probst earning assists
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Ellie Palaian recorded her ninth shutout of the season, saving one shot in 90 minutes of action

First Half

  • Mueller got the Spartans on the board quickly in the game, scoring the first goal after just 110 seconds
  • Senior Molly Shamah sent a pass to the middle of the box that Sassower hit toward the net
  • The goalkeeper saved the shot with a dive, but Mueller was there to fire in her third goal of the season
  • Sassower was credited with her team-leading seventh assist of 2025
  • 10 minutes later, Farra doubled the team's advantage with her 10th goal of the season
  • She dribbled near the top of the box and sent a hard shot that was deflected into the back of the net
  • The Spartans were held off the scoreboard until the 42nd minute when Silva netted her third goal of the season
  • A corner kick by first-year Emily Callanen bounced around in the box close to the net and found the foot of Silva
  • The senior took a step back and confidently finished with a shot in the lower right corner
  • Probst found Rodriguez in a similar position with 20 seconds left in the opening stanza, and the junior hit a shot that could not be handled for the team's fourth tally of the game
  • Probst earned her fourth assist of the season

Second Half

  • The Spartans continued to apply offensive pressure in the second half, outshooting the Yellow Jackets 19-1 in the final period
  • Rodriguez found the back of the net for a second time in the 75th minute
  • She received a pass near the top of the box, evaded a pair of defenders, and shot the ball while falling into the back of the net

Spartan Notes

  • The Spartans improved to 18-5-2 all-time against the Yellow Jackets, including wins in the last five meetings
  • CWRU extending its undefeated streak in regular season non-conference games to 63, improving to 58-0-5 in those contests since 2018. With no more scheduled regular season non-conference games, the streak will extend to 2026
  • The Spartans are undefeated through their first 11 games of the campaign for the fifth consecutive season
  • Palaian, who leads Division III with nine shutouts, is one clean sheet shy of tying the Case Western Reserve single-season record
  • Farra became the 10th Spartan to score at least 10 goals in a single season, a feat most recently accomplished by Camryn Hartman (14) and Helina VanBibber (10) in 2022. The program record for goals is 15 by Anika Washburn in 2021
  • First-year Madison Humenik made her collegiate debut in the game, playing 15 minutes
  • 25 Spartans played in the contest
  • CWRU outshot BW 37-2 in the game, including a 21-1 edge in shots on goal
  • Case Western Reserve has scored 46 times this season, tied for the third most in program history. The 2019 and 1995 squads both scored 46 times