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THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – The St. Edward's University women's soccer team defeated Oklahoma Christian, 6-0, Thursday as the Hilltoppers celebrated senior day at Lewis-Chen Family Field.

SEU (8-3-4, 6-2-3 HC) scored in the first 45 seconds and didn't look back. INDIA WENTZ struck first on a cross from KELLY ANDRUS to make it 1-0. In the 15' KATHERINE WHITMAN made it 2-0 thanks to a pass from Wentz. Less than 90 seconds later, ELIANNA CHAVEZ made it 3-0 as Andrus dealt her second assist of the game.

St. Edward's closed the half with two goals in a span of 23 seconds. WHYTNEIGH DUFFIE made it 4-0 as she buried the rebound from her own shot at 38:14. MORGAN PALMER followed up to make it 5-0 off of an assist from KATIE KING.

The Hilltoppers added one more goal in the second half, and it came from MACKENZIE CHERNIUK in the 64' off of a KAYLEIGH TOUPAL corner kick. With a 6-0 lead, the SEU defense locked down and held the Eagles (2-13-0, 1-10-0 HC) to just one shot attempt in the final 26 minutes of play.
 

HIGHLIGHTS

• St. Edward's is 10-1-0 in the all-time series with Oklahoma Christian.
• Cherniuk scored the first goal of her Hilltopper career on senior day.
• Cherniuk has five-career points as a defender with one goal and three-career assists.
• Wentz has 10-career goals and eight assists for a total of 28 points in 34 matches.
• Whitman has three goals this season and eight-career points.
• Palmer has five-career goals with two this season.
• Palmer's last goal was the game-winner against MSU Denver in double overtime.
• Toupal's assist Thursday was the first of her career.
• Chavez has five-career points with two goals and one assist in 15 games.
• Chavez' last goal was Sept. 30, 2017 against Texas A&M-International.
• Duffie has 31-career points with 14 goals and three assists in 72 matches.
• Duffie's last goal was earlier this season against Oklahoma Christian.
• Duffie has 40-career shots on goal.
• Andrus matched her career high with two assists in one game.
• Andrus' last multi-assist game was Oct. 27, 2016 against Texas A&M-International.
• Andrus has 30-career points with 10 assists and 10 goals.
• King has six-career points with one goal and four assists.
• ELYSE LESCO made the first save of her career Thursday.
• Lesco has a 0.00 goals-against average and has contributed to five shutouts.
• SABRINA CONE took the 55th shot of her career against the Eagles.
• GRACEN JACKS appeared in her 75th-career match on senior day.
• Head Coach Nick Cowell's career record is 399-123-41 overall and 183-37-20 at St. Edward's.

STAT OF THE GAME I
29 – A total of 29 players appeared for St. Edward's in Thursday's victory over Oklahoma Christian.

STAT OF THE GAME II
 9 – Nine different Hilltoppers recorded a point in the 6-0 win.

TOP QUOTE
Head Coach Nick Cowell on the victory…
"We've been talking about getting off to slow starts, and today I thought the team was very focused. They came out and scored within the first minute, and that always takes away a lot of the nerves. Today was a chance to play a lot of different players, and I think it's a just reward for those players who have been working hard, but maybe haven't been getting playing time."

Senior defender MACKENZIE CHERNIUK on her first goal as a Hilltopper…
"It was awesome to come out here. Everyone was pumped for senior day and finishing off with a goal – I don't get many chances in front of the goal – so that was awesome."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers host their last home match of the season Saturday against Lubbock Christian at 1 p.m. at Lewis-Chen Family Field. Live Stats and video will be available at GoHilltoppers.com.

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