GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's soccer team overwhelmed Thiel College in the final game of the 2023 season en route to a 5-0 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victory on Tuesday night.
The Gators (6-10-1, 4-5-1 PAC) played a relentless and complete 90 minutes to ensure the Tomcats (1-14-1, 0-10-0 PAC) concluded the fall campaign without a conference win. The Allegheny defense didn't allow Thiel to shoot the ball until a deep free-kick made its way on target in the 80th minute, as possession in the Tomcats' attacking third was all but non-existent.
Five different players found the back of the net for Allegheny.
Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) netted the first goal in the sixth minute, as she collected a cross from
Casey Bender (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) inside the six-yard box and beat the goalie to the far post.
Julieta Schworm (Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) doubled the lead less than four minutes later after receiving a perfectly placed through ball down the left-wing side from
Katherine Surdykowski (Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional).
Allegheny wasn't content with its 2-0 halftime advantage, however.
Hallie Johnson (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy) hit the upper left corner in the 58th minute, and
Taylor McKindley (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) rocketed a shot from about 25 yards out in the 70th minute.
Less than a minute later,
Emily Beck (Martinsburg, W.Va./Martinsburg) jump-started a counterattack by weaving through defenders at midfield and feeding a long through ball to
Cara Wood (Columbus, Ohio/Bloom-Carroll) for the last goal of the evening.
Inside the Box Score
- Allegheny ended the game with 25 shots, 11 shots on goal, and 10 corner kicks.
- Thiel managed to take one shot and earned no corners.
- The only thing that slowed Allegheny's offense was the referee's whistle, as the Gators were flagged offsides on six occasions.
- Schworm paced all scorers with three points on one goal and one assist.
- Miller, Johnson, McKindley, and Wood each scored once for the Gators.
- Bender and Surdykowski had one assist apiece.
- Beck dished out a team-high two assists.
- Kari May (Erie, Pa./McDowell) made one save to preserve the clean sheet.
News and Notes
- Meeting for only the second time as opponents, Allegheny extended its lead in the all-time series to 2-0-0.
- The five-goal margin of victory is tied for the largest this season.
- The last time Allegheny scored at least five goals in three or more games was in 2001.
- Allegheny scored 30 goals this year, the most in a season since the Gators put up 39 in 2014.
- Schworm concludes her senior year with a career-high 18 points (6g-6a), the most since Shannon McGuinn logged 18 points (8g-2a) in 2019.
- Bender ended her freshman season tied with Schworm for first on the team with six assists.
- Miller's goal was her team-leading seventh of the season.
- Wood netted her first collegiate goal in her 27th game played.
- With her only save against Thiel, May tied Rhonda Moore for fourth-place all-time in team history with 237 career saves.