DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The sixth-ranked Embry-Riddle women's soccer team received a balanced scoring effort against conference foe Florida Memorial as the Eagles received goals from five different players in their 6-0 defeat of the Lions, Sunday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. The Eagles, who recorded their second shutout in as many games, improved to 8-4 overall and 3-1 in league play.
After knocking on the door several times in the opening minutes, the Eagles were finally able to find the net at the 19:51 mark.
Martine Olsen collected the ball in the middle of the field, spun and made a leading pass to
Krizzy Menez on the right side. Menez dribbled into the box and from about 16 yards out, she knocked home her fifth goal of the year to put the Eagles up 1-0.
ERAU kept the Lions pinned in their own half for much of the first frame, but despite outdoing the visitors 12-0 in first-half shots, the Eagles went into the halftime break holding on to only a one-goal advantage.
The second half saw the Blue and Gold continue to dominate in creating scoring chances, but it wasn't until the 61st minute that the Eagles were able add to their tally. Once again, the play started with Olsen in the midfield. This time Olsen got the ball out to
Ange Durston-Ryan on the left. Durston-Ryan's low cross took a slight deflection off a Lion defender before finding
Katherine Ebbs on the far post and the sophomore passed the ball into the net to make the score 2-0 in favor of the home team.
The Eagles' third goal came as the result of a set piece after Ebbs was fouled on the left side of the field. Ebbs' free kick from about five yards outside the penalty area traveled across the box to Helen Hansson who netted her first goal of the year to increase the lead to 3-0.
Olsen got her name into the scoring column with a
Tova Torstensson assisted goal in the 71st minute and mere seconds after re-entering the game as a sub in the second half, sophomore Gabriela Cassariego lunged at cross from Torstensson and got just enough of a touch on the ball to push it past Lion goalkeeper Ana Patrizzi for her first goal of the year and the Eagles' fifth of the game.
Three minutes later Menez sealed the win with her second goal of the day.
Patrizzi finished with nine saves for the Lions, who fall to 0-8 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
The Eagles' next game will be at 3 p.m. on Friday when they travel to Babson Park to take on conference opponent Webber International.
