Box Score TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State women's soccer team earned a decisive 7-0 victory over the Chicago State Cougars Sunday afternoon in front of 200 fans. It was the first regular season match at home in the 2014 season. ISU improves to 2-4-2 on the season, while Chicago State drops to 1-7.
Brittany San Roman played a full-game in net for the Sycamores recording just two saves. The ISU defense allowed just three shots during the match. Gabby Klemp and Lexy Larson split the match for the Cougars. Klemp played the first half and allowed two goals while saving six. Larson played the second half and gave up five goals while saving just four.
Offensively for the Sycamores, Sydney Lovelace was the point leader on the day, tallying two goals and adding two assists for a six point afternoon. Sydney Loesing, Kate Johnson, Maddie Orf, Natalie Vaught and Elle Steele all added goals for the Sycamores. Orf, Johnson, and Molly McKee added one assist each. ISU had scored six goals all season prior to Sunday's competition.
Lovelace scored the first goal of the match in the 15th minute. She took a shot from the outer edge of the box and it was able to scoot by the Cougar keeper for the goal. Loesing added the second goal when McKee sent in a cross to the far post and found Loesing who was able to head it past a diving keeper in the 26th minute.
In the second half, Elle Steele recorded her first goal of the season when Lovelace placed a beautiful corner kick eight yards in front of the net and Steele was able to head it home in the 54th minute.
Johnson scored her third goal of the season on a through ball from Orf and beat the keeper from seven yards out in the 65th minute. Orf and Johnson switched roles on the next goal which saw Johnson play the ball back to Orf who ripped a shot from twelve yards out to beat the keeper to the far post still in the 65th minute. Again in the 65th minute, Lovelace was able to dribble through the young Chicago State defense and drilled a shot near post that was deflected off the keeper's hands and snuck by for the goal.
Natalie Vaught finished up the Sycamore scoring in the 86th minute when Lovelace was able to get behind the defense again and her cross found the foot of Vaught for the final goal in the match.
ISU returns to the pitch Friday, September 19th at 7 p.m. as they face Western Kentucky at Memorial Stadium.
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