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7
Winner Grace GRACE (5-2-0, 0-0)
0
Rochester ROCHESTE (0-4-0, 0-0)
Winner
Grace GRACE
(5-2-0, 0-0)
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Final
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Rochester ROCHESTE
(0-4-0, 0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Grace GRACE 2 5 7
Rochester ROCHESTE 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | By: Grant Cook

Lady Lancers blitz Warriors for seven goals

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. - Grace College's women's soccer team rolled by Rochester 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon.

The Lady Lancers (5-2) scored two goals in the first half and exploded for five markers in the second half to cruise to the dominant victory.

Madison Tuma was a handful, finishing with two goals and two assists, and Lea Moessinger added a goal and an assist.

Libby Stratton got her first start of the season, needing only one save to record her first collegiate shutout as Grace's goalkeeper. 

Ten minutes into the game, Tuma put Grace on the scoreboard. Tuma buried her team-leading sixth goal of the season after being set up by Danae Moriarty.

Eight minutes after the opening goal, the Lady Lancers struck again. Tuma found defender Erin Crew who joined the attack and netted her first goal of the season to give Grace a 2-0 lead.

The Lady Lancers controlled the entire first half and did not allow the Warriors to try a shot. 

Grace would turn to their substitutes late in the half as 19 players saw action before the intermission.

The Lady Lancers tried 12 shots in the first half with six of them being on target. Grace also earned three corners.

Stratton was untested in the first half as Grace's possession and defense blanked Rochester from the stat sheet.

Only 58 seconds elapsed in the second half before Grace again found the back of the net. Tuma scored her second of the game after receiving a pass from Lea Moessinger. 

One minute later, Tuma returned the favor. She dished out her fifth assist of the season to Moessinger who put Grace ahead 4-0.

The Lady Lancers consistently controlled the pace of play and continued to apply pressure on the Warriors.

In the 62nd minute a Grace defender found paydirt for the second time in the game. Amber Meade scored off a pass from Lea Fricke, and seven minutes later Ashley Vandenboom would add an unassisted tally to push the Lady Lancers' advantage to 6-0.

With 10 minutes left Alexis Larimore scored the Lady Lancers' seventh goal, a season-high for goals in a game this year.

With just minutes remaining Rochester would finally find an attacking play and put a shot on net that Stratton handled to secure the shutout.

Grace outshot Rochester 22-2 and held a 5-0 advantage in corner kicks.

Tuma shined offensively with two goals and two assists. Moriarty led all players with four shots.

This is Grace's fifth shutout of the season as Stratton saved the lone shot that was put on net.

"The level of play from our team was high and consistent. For the second time in five days, we played deep into rotations," said head coach Michael Voss. "A few players returned today and shared the workload. We are still down a few players, and we're hopeful they return quickly. The team is growing together and making the desired progress we've been aiming for."

The Lady Lancers will return home to 1st Source Bank Field on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. as they prepare for a showdown with No. 13 Columbia.






 

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