Hillcat Women Shoot Past Missouri Baptist, 4-0
Jianna Piela scored the first goal of the season for the Hillcats. CLAREMORE,
Okla. – The Rogers State women’s soccer team opened the
2012 season with a 4-0 win over Missouri Baptist on Friday night at Soldier Field
on RSU’s Claremore campus.
RSU
dominated the offensive attack as the Hillcats out-shot the Spartans 21-1. Four
different Hillcats tallied goals on the night and sophomore Jianna Piela scored
the team’s first goal of the season to put the Cats on top 1-0 at the half.
Just
before halftime, Tara Garrett fired a shot on goal but MBU goalkeeper Sam
Schulze was there to make a great save. However, she couldn’t hold onto the
ball and Piela put it in the back of the net.
Junior
Melissa Subu set the pace in the second half as she buried the ball in the back
of the net, just under the cross bar in the 55th minute.
Minutes
later, freshman Taylor Hallford dribbled through the defense and slotted the
ball back post to give RSU a 3-0 lead. It was the Sand Springs, Okla. native’s
first collegiate goal.
Raquel
Chavez also netted her first goal in Hillcat red and blue as the redshirt
freshman rounded out the scoring in the 68 minute of play. Hallford dribbled to
the end line and crossed the ball into the box where Chavez knocked it past the
keeper on the near post.
The
Hillcat defense denied the Spartans a shot on goal in the match. RSU blast 12
shots on goal in the contest as Schulze registered seven saves.
Jordan
Harris started in goal for the Hillcats and Sarah Schneider played keeper for
the final 21 minutes of the game.
Rogers
State (1-0) will return to action on Sunday as the Cats travel to Tulsa to take
on NCAA Division I opponent Oral Roberts at 7 p.m.
