DAHLONEGA | The second-ranked University of North Georgia women's soccer team was dominant from start-to-finish in Saturday's 11-0 throttling of Georgia Southwestern. The Nighthawks are now 9-0-1 overall with a 4-0-1 mark in Peach Belt Conference play.
Jade Pennock opened the scoring on senior day with her fifth goal of the season in the 18th minute, blasting a shot that caught a piece of a defender's knee before going past the keeper.
Rachel VanHorn added to the lead in the 34th minute taking advantage of an opportunity off a deflected
Brynn Finneran shot.
Renee VanHorn followed her sister's lead scoring her first career goal in the 40th minute finishing off a deflected shot by
Alex Bowen coming off a UNG corner kick.
UNG scored eight goals by seven different players –
Sophia Matonak (2),
Mollie Arrendale (5),
Jessica Allen (2),
Jacy Ramey (7 & 8),
Michaela Sundstrom (2),
Madison Salters (1) – to give the Nighthawks a 10-0 advantage with 10 minutes left to play. North Georgia never let up on the attack, forcing an own goal in the 87th minute to give the game its final 11-0 score.
NOTES- The 42 shots for the Nighthawks ties for fourth all-time for a single game in North Georgia History. UNG posted 49 shots, the program record, in last year's game at Georgia Southwestern.
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Jacy Ramey was the only player on the day with multiple goals for UNG scoring back-to-back goals within eight minutes of each other. Ramey leads the team in scoring with eight goals on the year.
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Renee VanHorn and
Madison Salters each scored their first goals as Nighthawks in the game. The tally was Salters' 12th career goal.
- The 24 shots on goal are a season high for UNG with the previous high being 13. The Nighthawks posted 20 or more shots on goal twice last season.
- The shutout is the 24th in
Mallory Sayre's career and her seventh of the season.
STAT OF THE NIGHT42-2 – The Nighthawks outshot the Hurricanes 42-2 in Saturday's contest having played 22 players in the contest.
NEXT UPNorth Georgia will hit the road on Wednesday for a midweek showdown at Clayton State. Kickoff for the women's game is set for 7:30 p.m., after completion of the men's soccer game.
