Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Fiamma del Balzo scored a pair of goals and
Izzy Maurino handed out two assists in Sewanee's 7-0 victory over Millsaps College in women's soccer action Sunday in Jackson, Miss.
The Tigers (6-1-2, 1-0-1 SAA) dominated play from start to finish, outshooting the Majors, 38-0, including 21 shots on goal and eight corner kicks. Millsaps goalkeeper Emily Lozano made 14 saves and stopped a number of other chances for Sewanee.
Stella Martin,
Laura Morgan and
Josie Alexander all scored for the Tigers in the first half while
Pope Scurlock,
Morgan Cheynet and del Balzo each netted goals in the final 45 minutes.
The Majors (2-7-2, 0-2-0) tried to clear a ball near the goal and Martin stepped to it, hitting a one-timer with her left foot from the top of the box on the left side, with her shot curving into the right side of the net for a 1-0 edge less than seven minutes into the match.
In the 21
st minute
Cara Chaffin passed down the left side to Morgan, who dribbled back toward the middle and lofted a shot from the corner of the box to the far post, over Lozano's head and into the net, extending the advantage to 2-0.
The Tigers scored again just before the half, with Alexander passing outside to the right to Maurino. She crossed her defender, then slid a pass back to Alexander, who drilled it low on her first touch, just inside the near post, pushing the lead to 3-0 at intermission in the 42
nd minute.
Sewanee dominated possession and the run of play in the opening 45 minutes, taking 16 shots to none for the Majors.
In the second half
Kylene Monaghan crossed from near the leftside to the six-yard box where Scurlock redirected the ball on a short-hop, past Lozano, in the 67
th minute.
In the 80
th minute
Sonia Djurasovic crossed from the right into the box, between the penalty spot and the six-yard box. del Balzo's first shot, point blank, was saved by Lozano but she deposited the rebound into an open net, stretching the lead to 5-0.
Maurino crossed to del Balzo just inside the box in the 89
th minute, where she dribbled past two defenders and sailed her shot into the upper right corner. Then in the final minute of the match, Katie Dullye's header off a corner kick was saved but Cheynet was there to pick up the rebound for the final goal.
Sewanee ends a three-match road swing next Saturday at Southwestern University at 11 a.m.
