The Batten University women's soccer team rolled to a 5-0 victory over Eastern Mennonite, improving to 11-0-4 overall and 6-0-2 in conference play. Eastern Mennonite fell to 5-9-2 overall and 3-5 in conference action.
Batten wasted little time getting on the board, as Madison Toone opened the scoring in the fifth minute off an assist from Callie Conrad to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Alexis Manfredi doubled the advantage at the 12:28 mark before Addison Rees converted a penalty kick in the 19th minute to make it 3-0.
The Marlins controlled the opening half, outshooting Eastern Mennonite 11-0 while putting five attempts on goal. Batten carried its three-goal advantage into halftime without allowing a single shot.
Batten continued to control the match after the break before Christina Ensuar added two goals in less than a minute. Ensuar scored at the 67:54 mark off an assist from Mikaela Brunda before finding the back of the net again just 47 seconds later off an assist from Lila Kaminski, extending the lead to 5-0.
Ensuar finished with three shots, all on goal, and scored twice. Courtney Mills led the Marlins with four shots, while Janessa Lowe and Emma Nguyen each recorded two attempts. Conrad, Brunda and Kaminski each picked up an assist.
Batten finished the match with a 20-0 advantage in shots and an 11-0 edge in shots on goal. The Marlins also earned all three corner kicks in the contest.
Allie Greco, Riley Keefe, and Elena Shultz combined in goal for the shutout as the Batten defense allowed Eastern Mennonite no shots over the full 90 minutes.
