HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 drubbing of Shorter on Friday night at Charger Park in Gulf South Conference action. UAH improves to 3-1-0 (1-0-0 GSC), while SU slides to 1-4-0 (0-1-0 GSC).
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Three of the Chargers five goals on the night came in the first half, asÂ
Jayla Gillespie started the scoring with a tally in the 11th minute, followed up by marks from
Laura Hasani and
Maria Jansen.
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UAH added to its lead twice more in the second half asÂ
Hannah Szopa scored off an assist byÂ
Carmen Endicott, and
Gracie Gustafson would score the Chargers fifth en route to a 5-0 shutout victory.
Gillespie paces the UAH offense with three goals while Hasani, Jansen, and H. Szopa have all tallied twice thus far this campaign.
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Cece Szopa andÂ
Karli Newton each played one half in goal for the Chargers, with C. Szopa posting two saves and Newton notching one stop in the shutout. This was UAH's second shutout of the season.
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UAH's five-goal performance is the largest scoring output by the team this season.
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The Chargers are back in action at 1pm CT on Sunday to take on No. 23 Lee in Huntsville.
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