Soccer Dominant in Win over Rival Eagles

Sep 29, 2016 | Soccer

Richmond, KY – The Eastern Kentucky Lady Colonels showed no mercy in their shutout victory over rival Morehead State 4-0.

Eastern would start the scoring in the 29th minute with Senior Cassie Smith would score get first of the match to give the Colonels a 1-0 lead.

Cassie would strike again in the 53rd minute to give the Colonels a 2-0 lead. That goal would put her as the highest goal scorer in EKU history with 18 career goals.

Kayla Childs would put the ball in the net for the second time this season to put EKU up 3-0.

Emmi Carroll jumped on the scoring bandwagon in the 87th minute for the 4-0 win.

Eastern would outshoot Morehead 22-15. Out of those 15 shots allowed by EKU (8-2, 3-0 OVC) only 4 would only need to be saved by Anna Hall.

Eastern has not given up a goal in 462 minutes of action.

Colonels will return to the pitch on October 7th at 8 pm at Austin Peay.

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