#1 Tartans Earn Eighth Shutout with 5-0 Win Versus Marietta

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The top-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's soccer team hosted its third game of the season and topped Marietta College by a 5-0 score on Wednesday, September 27. The Tartans move to 10-0 for the season while Marietta falls to 3-4.

Inside The Box Score

• The Tartans scored three goals off corner kicks, including the first two of the game.
• Freshman Natalie Rayce recorded two goals with one coming in each half.
• Senior Cecelia Dieterich scored the eventual game-winner in the late seconds of the seventh minute after touching in a ball headed down by graduate student Caitlynn Owens off a corner kick by junior Alana Frederick.
• Sophomore Jenna Hallbeck recorded her second goal of the season off a rebound of her own shot that was blocked in the 60th minute.
• Junior Alex Masse scored the final goal of the game in the 87^th minute after a corner kick by Sarah Scoles was headed out by a defender but to the top of the box where Masse settled the bouncing ball and struck a shot with the outside of her right foot.
• Sophomore Abby O'Connor earned the win after playing the first 45 minutes.
• Freshman Maddie Kellogg made the only save of the game for the Tartans who only allowed one shot.

Notes

• The 10-0 start for the Tartans is the best in program history.
• Racye scored two goals in the same game for the first time this season and now has five for the year.

Up Next

The Tartans begin University Athletic Association (UAA) action with a road contest at No. 18 Brandeis University on Saturday, September 30 at 11:00 a.m.