Box Score MILWAUKEE – Coming into today's game, MSOE women's soccer had scored 17 goals in the past week. They almost matched that total in their single game against Rockford this afternoon. The Raiders put 12 on the scoreboard and shutout the Regents for their seventh straight victory.
RESULT
Rockford – 0
MSOE RAIDERS – 12
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MSOE (7-2-0, 4-0-0 NACC) was in complete control this afternoon, outshooting Rockford (2-5-0, 1-3-0 NACC) 48-2 at Viets Field.
- Jill Ruark started the scoring with a tally in the 15th minute, one that was set up by Louisa Essuman.
- Essuman then got involved on the scoring end as she put a Nikki Ratts pass past the Regents keeper to put the Raiders up by two.
- Olivia Carroll would then go on to score back-to-back goals before Caitie LeVasseur did the same thing to close out the first half with the Red & White up by six.
- Ratts opened the second frame with three straight goals with assists on all three going to either Essuman, Ruark, or both.
- LeVasseur scored her third of the game before Daphne Milkert and Katie Kuhn closed out the action on a 12-0 Raiders blowout.
RAIDER REMARKS
- With the victory the Raiders increased their winning streak over Rockford to ten. Their last lost to the Regents came back in September of 2005.
- Louisa Essuman's three assists put her in a 16-way tie for third in the single game history books. The last time the feat was accomplished was when Jeray Riffel did it back in 2019.
- The team's 11 assists were the second most in program history for a single contest.
- The 12-goal margin of victory is the fifth largest for the Raiders in a single game.
MSOE STAT TRACKER
Shots on Goal – Three with four
Goals – Caitie LeVasseur & Nikki Ratts (3)
Assists – Louisa Essuman (3)
Saves – Megan Lacina (1)
WHO'S ON DECK
It will be a quick turnaround for the Raiders as they will head into the last non-conference game of the year against UW-La Crosse. The road match is schedule to start at 1:00 pm.
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