LAKEVILLE, Ind. – The Roosevelt University women's soccer team closed out the regular season with a convincing 10-0 CCAC Conference victory over Indiana University South Bend on Saturday, October 30 at Newton Park in Lakeville, Ind.  The win was a program record fifth straight, raising the Lakers overall record to 11-6-1 and giving them a final conference record of 8-4-1 on the year.

The Lakers wasted little time getting on the board with Sam Sparks one touching a cross from Alexis Gonzalez inside the far post for a goal in the eighth minute.  Nine minutes later, Lola Arreola scored off a Paola Macias assist for a 2-0 lead, and less than two minutes later, Anahi Cerda calmly slotted a shot into the corner to put the Lakers up 3-0.  In the 41^st minute, Leslie Ocampo finished a cross from Sam Sparks with Marubeni Nieto also earning an assist to give Roosevelt a 4-0 half-time lead.

Roosevelt continued its dominance in the second half, adding six more goals in the 45-minute period.  Alexis Gonzalez scored off a 25-yard shot in the 50^th minute and Gabi Christidis made it 6-0 in the 57^th minute on another unassisted goal.  In the 69^th minute, Christidis earned an assist on a Sam Sparks' goal, her second of the game, and RU's leading scorer Meaghan Smith got into the action in the 77^th minute, scoring off a Paolo Macias pass to put the Lakers up 8-0.  Macias then scored an unassisted goal in the 80^th minute and Julia Szylke capped off the scoring with an unassisted goal of her own in the 82^nd minute.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt                            4              6              10
                Indiana South Bend         0              0              0

Records: Roosevelt 11-6-1, 8-4-1 (CCAC) // Indiana South Bend 1-15, 1-11 (CCAC)

Location: Newton Park | Lakeville, ind.

KEY STATS

• Sam Sparks scored her first two goals of the season to go with an assist
• Paola Macias had a goal & two assists
• Gabi Christidis tallied a goal & an assist to give her eight goals & four assists on the year
• Alexis Gonzalez also had a goal & an assist
• Leslie Ocampo scored her first goal as a Laker
• Meaghan Smith scored her team leading 10^th goal of the season
• Lola Arreola, Anahi Cerda, & Julia Szylke all scored single goals
• Marubeni Nieto registered an assist
• Gaby Aguinaga-Hernandez recorded her seventh shutout of the year without making a save
• The Lakers outshot the Titans 58-0 in the match

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers set a program record with their fifth consecutive win
• RU also set a record for most goals scored in a season with 51
• This was the first ever meeting between RU and IUSB in women's soccer
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers will begin play in the eight-team CCAC Conference Tournament as the seventh-seed on Friday, November 5 versus second-seeded Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) in Milwaukee.  The winner of the CCAC Tournament earns a trip to the NAIA National Tournament.