OWENSBORO, Ky. – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's soccer team (9-5-4, 7-4-3 Great Midwest) defeated Kentucky Wesleyan College (3-14, 2-12 Great Midwest) 7-1 on Tuesday night at Panther Field.

THE SERIES

With the win, the Trojans control the all-time series with Kentucky Wesleyan 13-1-3. With two second-half goals, the Trojans beat the Panthers in September, 2-0.

THE MATCH

With its postseason berth already clinched, the Trojans played tonight for their playoff seed. Trevecca used the first 15 minutes to settle into the pace of play the Panthers presented. Four of the first five Trojan shots were turned away before Gigi Ariola figured out Panther keeper, Reegan Garrity. After being played a ball from Katelyn Keogh, Ariola collected the match's first goal in the 35th minute. Nine minutes later, Ariola bagged a brace when she scored in the 44th minute. Ariola saw a ball through from Faith Gober and Katelyn Keogh to give the Trojans a 2-0 halftime lead. Nearly five minutes into the second half, the Trojans led 3-0 after Katelyn Keogh struck in the 50th minute. Nearly 20 minutes passed before two more goals were found within a single minute for Trevecca. Karris Anastasio (69th) and Danyel Joy (70th) made it 5-0, Trevecca. Kendyl McCoy's goal in the 80th minute and then Faith Gober's first career goal in the 86th minute allowed a 7-0 advantage for the Trojans. Delayna Holman saw just five shots in goal all night, but with only a little over a minute to play surrendered the clean sheet with a Natalie Hinchcliffe goal for the Panthers in the 89th minute.

THE NOTES

The Trojans produced a season-high 27 shots tonight as well as goals scored. Before the match, the Trojans had managed seven total goals in the month of October before matching that figure in a single 90-minute span against the Panthers. With Ariola's brace, she ties Makena Schlosser with a team-most five goals on the season. Five of the six Trojan goal-scorers struck for the first time this season. The Trojans scored seven goals for the first time in a match since the 2015-16 team collected results of 9-0, 10-0, and 12-0.

SEASON REVIEW

The Trojans dropped points in just a single match in the non-conference portion of their schedule before gearing up for seven league wins. The Trojans did not disappoint early on in Great Midwest competition. Trevecca stormed out of the gate with 13 points in its first six conference matches, producing three wins and four clean sheets. As the calendar flipped to October, the competition became fiercer with the Trojans finishing the month 3-3-2 and securing the Great Midwest's fifth seed. The 2022 season was head coach Kelsey Cameron's sixth 'On the Hill' and she guided the Trojans to at least nine wins for the third time. Cameron led teams have always upheld a winning record in conference play as the 2022 edition won half of its matches finishing 7-4-3. In fact, with the 2-1 win over Lake Erie on September 17, Cameron became the winningest coach in program history, surpassing Brett Armstrong. Senior goalkeeper Delayna Holman secured two Great Midwest Defender of the Week selections as well as one TSWA Player of the Week award for her efforts in net this season. For the year, Holman stopped 68 shots on her way to six clean sheets and a 1.01 GAA mark. A duo of Trojans scored five goals this year in Makena Schlosser and Gigi Ariola while Ryann Anderson and Skye Baun each collected four. Annie Warner added a hattrick of goals and eight other Trojans found the back of the net to equal 29 goals on the season, or the most since the 2018 campaign (30).

UP NEXT

With the win, the Trojans secure the Great Midwest tournament's #5 seed and face off against the University of Findlay (9-4-3, 8-3-2 Great Midwest) on Saturday, October 29 in the Great Midwest quarterfinals.

The Oilers collected the inside path to hosting the quarterfinal versus Trevecca by defeating the Trojans in the only regular season match, 5-1 on October 19 in Nashville.

The Trojans have never defeated the Oilers in six meetings trailing 0-3-3.

The two schools have never met in postseason women's soccer.

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