Women's Soccer Blanks Oberlin 3-0

OBERLIN, Ohio—Wittenberg women's soccer exploded for three unanswered goals in a 3-0 win over the Yeowomen of Oberlin College. The Tigers stuck to their game plan defensively, allowing the red and white to stay on the attack all afternoon in a tough environment to compete in. The Tigers shutout is their second of the season, with both coming in NCAC play. With the win, the Tigers improve to 8-3-2 overall in 2016, and 3-1 overall in NCAC play. 

MATCH BREAKDOWN

• Wittenberg got on the board early on in Saturdays match, as Kyrie Bumpus knocked in a cross from Kenzie Mason in the 4^th minute of action at Oberlin.  
• 50 minutes later, Morgan Jones found the back of the net on a upper 90 shot from Lauren Hofer to take a 2-0 lead just after halftime.
• Putting the game out of reach in the 77^th minute was Nicoleta Shouvlin, who poked in a header from Taylor Vaughn-Stanton to go up 3-0.

KEY STATS

• Hannah Wilson earned the shutout after logging 77 minutes in net, as the keeper notched two saves on the only two shots on goal in the match.
• The Tigers produced 14 shots on goal to Oberlin's six, as Leah Soutar led the Tigers with two shots on goal.

FROM THE COACH

• "Oberlin is a tough place to come and get good on-field results…We knew we had to perform well for an entire 90 minutes and that is what we did. We are very happy with today's result," said Coach Fannon.

UP NEXT

• Wittenberg returns to action on October 18 as DePauw travels to Springfield for a 7:00PM match.