Murfreesboro, N.C. —- The 20th-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team cruised to a 6-0 win at Chowan University Thursday afternoon, led by a hat trick from graduate student midfielder Sydney Jimmo. Catawba moves to 1-0 for the seventh consecutive season, while the Hawks drop to 0-1.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-shot Chowan 24-4
- The Catawba Indians had all 12 shots on goal in the contest
- Catawba took seven of the eight corners
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Jimmo scored three goals, including the game-winner
- Maria Rayburn scored on a penalty kick and added an assist
- Hannah Dunn dished out two assists
- Helen Summerell kicked her 2023 campaign off with a goal scored
- Bree Ehmer scored and Alexah Fite assisted in their Catawba debuts
- Lillie Rusher logged her first assist of the season
- Ashley Hughes and Gabby Cossette combined for the shutout, although the Catawba defense did not allow Chowan to take a shot on goal
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- Summerell fired a shot on goal in the ninth minute, but the shot was saved
- Rusher fired a free kick deep and Jimmo did the rest, scoring in the 16th minute
- Dunn found Summerell up the right side for another score just four minutes later
- Shots on goal from Dunn in the 25th and 34th minutes were saved
- Newcomers Ehmer and Fite connected on a 37th minute header score
SECOND HALF
- Catawba earned a penalty kick less than 90 seconds into the second half
- Rayburn buried the opportunity to take a 4-0 lead in the 47th minute
- Jimmo's shot on goal in the 56th minute was saved, but she would not be denied, securing the brace in the 65th minute
- She got the hat trick in the 69th minute off another Dunn assist
GAME NOTES
- Jimmo's third-career hat trick in a Catawba uniform
- Coincidentally, her first-career hat trick came in a road win at Chowan in 2021
- Jimmo climbs to a tie for seventh all-time in program history with 26 career goals
- Summerell is right behind her in a tie for tenth with 25 career goals
- Rayburn and Ehmer netted their first-career collegiate goals
- Catawba moves to 10-0-0 all-time versus the Hawks and 7-0 in season-openers since the start of the 2017 season
- The Catawba Indians are 66-15-9 with 52 shutouts since the start of the 2018 season
UP NEXT
- Catawba moves to its 2023 home opener, hosting King for a 2 p.m. start on Saturday
- Catawba Women's Soccer will honor Chase Tripp, Catawba's former Director of Sport Performance who tragically passed away last year, at the conclusion of the game with a special video tribute and presentation with the Tripp family
- All fans are welcome onto the field after the game to honor and celebrate Chase's memory
