Box Score MARIETTA, Ohio – The Mount Union women's soccer team scored six goals in a shutout win over Marietta Wednesday afternoon.
Freshman Alexis Crawford (Canton/Glen Oak) recorded four saves to go along with her first shutout of her career.
Mount Union (5-6, 1-1) scored its first goal of the contest in the 20th minute when sophomore Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga Falls/Akron St.Vincent-St.Mary) scored on a follow up a shot from senior Kelsey Malenic (Poland/Poland Seminary) to give the Purple Raiders a 1-0 lead.
The Raiders went on to score two more goals in the next six minutes with Malenic scoring off of a cross from Goedecke in the 23rd minute and junior Carolyn Balzano (Poland/Poland Seminary) scoring her first goal of the season in the 26th minute off of through ball from freshman Mallory Wahl (Millersburg/West Holmes) to put Mount Union up 3-0.
Goedecke added her second goal of the night in the 59th minute as she settled a ball off of a cross from freshman Nicole Lanese (Macedonia/Nordonia) and put it into the lower corner of the goal to extend the Mount Union lead to 4-0.
The Raiders struck again just five minutes later as Malenic scored her second goal of the match as she took the ball from a Marietta defender and placed it into the lower right corner to put Mount Union on top 5-0.
The Raiders tacked on one more in the 74th minute as Lanese weaved through defenders and found the back of the net to give Mount Union a 6-0 lead.
Mount Union next hosts OAC opponent Ohio Northern on Saturday, October 10 at 7 pm.
Mount Union vs Marietta (October 7, 2015 at Marietta, Ohio)
1 2 F
Mount Union 3 3 6
Marietta 0 0 0
Scoring Summary
MTU- Katie Goedecke (Kelsey Malenic), 19:06
MTU- Kelsey Malenic (Katie Goedecke), 22:55
MTU- Carolyn Balzano (Mallory Wahl), 23:34
MTU- Katie Goedecke (Nicole Lanese), 58:32
MTU- Kelsey Malenic, 64:14
MTU- Nicole Lanese, 73:10
Shots- Mount Union 29, Marietta 10
Saves- Mount Union 4, Marietta 12
