Tartans Begin Season with 9-0 Victory
The 21st-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's soccer team defeated Saint Francis University by a 9-0 score on Tuesday to start off the season with a victory.
Inside the Box Score
- The Tartans had a total of 29 shots with 26 on goal while they allowed the Red Wolves to take seven shots with six on goal, all of which were saved by sophomore Lily Christofferson.
- Three Tartans scored multiple goals with freshman Lauren Ricapito scoring three in a row from the 70th minute to the 79th minute.
- The scoring started in the second minute when senior Natalie Rayce put in a rebound off a saved shot from sophomore Kiera Chang.
- Christofferson had the first of six saves in the fourth minute before the Tartans put seven shots on goal from the 10th minute to the 16th minute.
- Senior Saveria Ulizzi finally put the Tartans up 2-0 with a goal in the 22nd minute.
- Christofferson had two more saves ahead of senior Audrey Bianco making it 4-0 with a goal in the 36th minute.
- A goal by sophomore Kaitlyn McGuire made it 5-0 two minutes before halftime. The goal was the first of McGuire's career.
- Second period goals were scored by Bianco in the 48th minute and by Ricapito to close out the match.