DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The fourth-ranked Embry-Riddle women's soccer team celebrated a program milestone on Thursday evening as the team's 6-0 defeat of Sun Conference foe Ave Maria (3-4, 0-3) marked the program's 200th win. The victory improved the Eagles' overall record to 8-1 and they remain unbeaten in league play at 3-0.

"It's a great accomplishment for our program to get 200 wins tonight," ERAU Head Coach Samantha Bohon said. "I'd like to give credit to Dan Blank, the coach prior to me, for starting this program and getting it going in the right direction. I also want to extend a thank you to all of the players who have worn an Embry-Riddle uniform over the years. This night is just as much about them; we're celebrating their accomplishments as well.

"I would also like to thank our women's soccer staff – assistant coaches Liam McIlhatton and Heriberto Aguilar, and our trainer Steve Samples; they make my life a lot easier day in and day out."

The Eagles controlled the possession for most of the opening frame, but struggled with ball control and passing in the final third. A flurry of activity led to three consecutive Eagle shots with 18 minutes left in the half, but the Eagles were still unable to find the back of the net.

The Eagles finally ended the stalemate in the 34th minute when Dana Robins whipped a cross in from the left to Isabelle Haaranen who hit a half volley into the upper netting for her seventh goal of the year and a 1-0 Eagle lead.

The Eagles' second goal came just under seven minutes later, this time coming out of a play worked down the right flank. Annie Gelnaw outpaced her marker and sent a cross into the box. The ball went off Kayla Merkel on the far post and fell to Julia Karlernas who netted her third goal of the year to put the Eagles up 2-0.

The start of the second half mirrored the first as the Eagles continued to keep the Gyrenes pinned in their own half, but ERAU's unrelenting pressure did not yield a goal until the 70:51 mark. Merkel was involved in the play once again, but this time she was the goal scorer as she finished Emmie Johansson's cross to put the Blue and Gold up 3-0.

Six minutes later, Hanna Rolfsen recorded the first goal of her Embry-Riddle career. The freshman defender saw an opening and raced through heart of the AMU defense, dribbled around the Gyrenes' last defender and slotted a low shot past AMU goalkeeper Francesca Singleton to extend the advantage to 4-0.

The next two Eagle goals came in quick succession as Nina Joergensen finished a Robins corner at the 81:27 mark and Haaranen netted her second goal of night top cap the scoring courtesy of a feed from Kristin Sverrisdottir less than two minutes seconds later.

"I thought we played better in the second half than we did in the first," Bohon observed. "It's great to get six on the board and, most importantly, we really focused on making sure we were tight defensively. To allow no shots compared to 30 for our team is pretty satisfying.

"I thought there was some really good play by some of our newcomers and I'd especially like to recognize Hanna who scored her first college goal coming out of the back. We continue to keep growing as a team. This was a nice team win and I hope we can do a little bit better for 90 minutes when we come out on Saturday against Southeastern."

The Eagles will be back on the pitch at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 when they host Southeastern in another Sun Conference matchup.