OWENSBORO, Ky. - For just the third time in program history, women's soccer had two different players record a hat trick in a single game as the Bears (7-3-1) got back in the win column with a 7-2 victory over Brescia on the road Monday evening. Allison Nagle and Schuyler Jones each recorded hat tricks in the victory while Bethany Ward added another goal to round out the Bears scoring.
Despite the convincing victory by the time the final whistle sounded, it was Brescia that would hold a lead on two separate occasions during a fast and furious start to the game. Just 3:20 into the contest, Brescia tallied on the first shot of the game to go up 1-0. However, Nagle would answer right back just 8:09 into the game with her first goal of the day off an assist from Elizabeth Abbott and Jones.
Brescia would then tally just under two minutes after Nagle's goal to go up 2-1 just 10:04 into the game. This time Jones would answer back with a goal in the 19th minute off of Abbott's second assist of the game. Jones would then give the Bears the lead in the 22nd minute off an assist from Nagle as SSU led 3-2 just 21:30 into the opening half.
The two sides would settle the offensive pace of the game after SSU took the lead. The Bears would tally just once more as Nagle recorded her second goal of the opening half off an assist from Becky Legge to make it 4-2 at the break.
Ward would get on the score sheet for the Bears just under four minutes into the second half. Her goal came off the assist from Tasha Wilson to give the Bears a 5-2 lead.
Nagle and Jones would then both cap their hat trick days within less than a minute span during the 62nd and 63rd minutes. Nagle got her third tally of the night off the double assist of Wilson and Jones. After assisting on Nagle's hat trick, Jones finished her third goal of the night just 51 seconds later off of Abbott's third assist of the game. The final 27-plus minutes would then be scoreless as the Bears came away with the 7-2 victory.
As a team, the Bears held a 24-7 advantage in shots and a 17-4 advantage in shots on goal. Nagle recorded her hat trick on seven shots while Jones scored on three of her four shots for the game. Emily Kuehn recorded a pair of saves on the evening to pick up the save in goal.
Women's soccer will now look to carry tonight's offensive momentum into the weekend when the meet up with rival Rio Grande in a key battle for MSC postseason seeding. That game will take place at Rio this Saturday at 5 p.m.
Notes: Shawnee State is now 4-2 all-time (2-1 on the road) against Brescia and has won the last four games in the series … The last time these teams met before tonight was in 2006, a 4-2 SSU victory … Seven goals is the most Shawnee State has ever scored against Brescia … Tonight's game was just the third time two players (Allison Nagle and Schuyler Jones) have recorded a hat trick in the same game for Shawnee State … The first time this happened in program history was 2006 vs. Pikeville (Sarah Koehler (5 goals) and Lana Kaucher (4 goals)) … The most recent occasion before tonight was in 2010 vs. Mountain State (Kelley Bowles (4 goals) and Brittany Brooks (3 goals)) … Allison Nagle now has three career hat tricks and they have all come this season … Nagle also had hat tricks against Cincinnati Christian and Penn State Beaver early this year … Nagle now has 15 goals on the season which is a new career high, eclipsing her first season with the Bears when she scored 12 goals … Her 15 goals this season is the second-highest in a single season in program history to 2013 SSU Hall of Fame Inductee Sarah Koehler (2004-07) who scored 22 goals in 2006 … Schuyler Jones' hat trick was the first of her career after she had scored two goals in five different games before tonight … Jones now has 10 goals on the season against NAIA countable opponents (she also had two goals against Ohio Mid-Western) … Bethany Ward's goal was the first of her senior campaign and third of her SSU career.
