THE FACTS
No. 5 Messiah (10-2) 4, Gettysburg (6-5-1) 0
What: Non-conference women's soccer game
When: Wednesday, Oct. 11
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Messiah, ranked fifth in the latest United Soccer Coaches' Div. III poll, tallied twice in each half to defeat Gettysburg, 4-0.
THE LEADERS
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Alex Jurow (Boonton, N.J./Parsippany Hills) established a career high with eight saves that included numerous diving stops.
FOR THE FOES
• Kaitlyn Laird opened the scoring for the Falcons, who got goals from four different players on the evening.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the 14th minute, Bella Touzeau played a ball to Kaitlyn Laird in the top-left corner of the box. Laird turned and blasted a shot across the box into the backside of the net for a 1-0 lead. Just over 27-and-a-half minutes later, Kristina Akselsen played a ball across the top to Olivia Shuck, who – from a spot similar to Laird but a little deeper – fired a ball in nearly the same spot, pin-pointing a goal just into the upper-right corner of the net for a 2-0 halftime lead.
• After Julia Martin's initial shot was turned away in the 57th minute, Hannah Adair was there to clean it up and fire it back home for a 3-0 lead. Lydia Ring took advantage of a loose ball in front of the goal for the final tally in the 74th minute.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Messiah finished with advantages of 25-3 in shots and 8-0 in corner kicks.
• The Bullets, who debuted at No. 8 in the United Soccer Coaches Region V poll on Tuesday, wrapped up a two-game stretch in less than a week against the top two teams in the regional poll and two of the top seven teams in the national poll after playing Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Gettysburg has played six teams this season that are in the current regional polls.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Washington (Md.). on Saturday. Game time is 4 p.m.
