The University of Central Florida women's soccer team thundered over Marshall in a 4-0 rout that featured two strikes from junior Courtney Whidden Friday at the UCF Soccer Complex. UCF now boasts a 2-1-0 Conference USA record, 7-3-1 overall.
"That was a good 90 minutes. We finished well and it was nice to get two first-half goals," said head coach Amanda Cromwell. "It was a great team effort, and it was nice to be able to rest some of our players [late in the match] so we can get an East Carolina team with some fresh legs."
Marshall has never scored a goal against UCF. The series' all-time record now stands at 4-0-0, with three of the last four being 4-0 UCF victories.
UCF made their dominance clear Friday night with a 24-9 shots-on-goal ratio.
The first goal came in the 24th minute. A Marshall defender headed a Becca Thomas corner kick away from the goal, but Stacie Hubbard was there to pass to Whidden who easily scored.
UCF scored again just over eight minutes later. Junior Yvonne George passed to senior Danielle Dos Santos who then passed to junior Emily Maynard, who blasted the ball into the net for her first goal as a Knight.
George racked up another assist in the 51st minute when she passed to Whidden, whose shot bounced down off the crossbar and into the goal.
Sophomore Amanda Martorana had the final goal of the evening. Junior Brianna Schooley found Martorana alone on the right side of the pitch. Marshall keeper Lauren Roberts came out of the box to challenge and Martorana easily played past her for the score.
The game marked the first time in 11 matches that UCF scored more than two goals.
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