Box Score Irvine, Calif. – A five-goal explosion in the second half carried the No. 20 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) women's soccer team to a 6-0 victory over Westcliff in California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) play. Katy Hyde (JR/Denton, Texas) and Lauren Foster (SR/Chino Valley, Ariz.) each had a goal and an assist for the Eagles as they posted their fourth consecutive shutout.
Embry-Riddle (5-3-1, 3-0 Cal Pac) dominated from the start, getting a pair of shots on goal in the first 18 minutes. The Westcliff goalkeeper saved both, however, keeping the contest scoreless. In the 23rd minute Rae Yoshioka (FR/Pearl City, Hawaii) put the first one on the board, scoring on a rebound off the crossbar. That is where the score would stay for the remainder of the half. The Eagles got three more shots on goal, but all were saved. The ERAU defense did its part, holding Westcliff (3-3, 1-1 Cal Pac) to just one shot, which Mackenzie Osther (SR/San Diego, Calif.) turned away in the 32nd minute.
It did not take long for the goals to start coming in the second half. Just 15 seconds in Sierra Vicente (SR/Las Vegas, Nev.) slipped a ball to Kylee Bennett (SO/Pocatello, Idaho) down the right side. Bennett buried her shot, and the Eagles were on their way. A little over a minute later Haley Matthews (JR/Phoenix, Ariz.) got the ball to Hyde, who crossed it to Foster on the right side for another score. Hyde scored six minutes later, and the Warriors could not recover.
Anabelle Hall (JR/Enumclaw, Wash.) and Katelyn Kelch (FR/Tucson, Ariz.) completed the scoring for Embry-Riddle, with Kelch finding the mark in the 66th minute and Kelch in the final minute of action. Osther combined with Annabelle Ruckle (FR/Phoenix, Ariz.) for the shutout, with Ruckle coming up with a pair of saves in the second half to preserve the shutout.
