DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Senior forward Jacy Ramey scored her first career hat-trick as the 19th-ranked University of North Georgia women's soccer team raced past Clayton State, 5-0, Wednesday evening at the UNG Soccer Complex. The Nighthawks advance to 11-1-3 on the year with an 8-1-2 mark in the Peach Belt Conference.
 
Ramey opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the match as she fired a shot from outside the box off the glove of the Lakers goalkeeper and snuck in just under the crossbar to put UNG up 1-0. Mollie Arrendale added to the lead in the 38th with a chip shot over the keeper coming off a long ball in from Sophia Matonak that extended the lead to 2-0, which is the score the Nighthawks would take into halftime.
 
A quick pass from Megan Gil to Brynn Finneran led to a pass finding the foot Ramey inside the box as the senior finished the play to extend the lead to 3-0. Ramey found her third goal just minutes later in the 62nd with a header that evaded the aggressive CSU kicker who was coming up to try and block another possible shot by Arrendale who was in the vicinity.
 
Arrendale netted the final goal of the match in the 82-nd minute off a double assist from Gil and Renee VanHorn to give the game its final 5-0 score.
 
NOTES
- Ramey's hat-trick was the second of the season for UNG and 10th in program history.
 
- The game snapped Rachel VanHorn's six match scoring streak.
 
- The win pulls the all-time series with Clayton State back to even at 8-8-2. UNG has won three of the last four matches against the Lakers.
 
NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will wrap up the regular season on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Armstrong State. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.