Women's Soccer Tames Catamounts in Regular Season Finale

ARNOLD, Md. – The Anne Arundel Community College women's soccer team defeated visiting Potomac State College, 6-0, in a divisional game at Siegert Field Thursday. The Riverhawks close out the regular season on a seven-game unbeaten streak and earned the top seed in the upcoming NJCAA Region 20 Division II Championship.

McKenzie Gilbert recorded her first multiple-goal game for the Riverhawks with a pair of goals. Evan Bathras had a goal and an assist, while Chloe Underwood and Makenzie Boyd each notched a pair of assists. Emma Miga, Jaylin Sheffield, and Karen Morales each scored a goal, and Megan Strevig picked up an assist.

AACC outshot Potomac State, 39-1, with the Catamounts' keeper, Hartley VanGilder recording 20 saves. Péla Saunders made one first-half save to earn the shutout win.

The Riverhawks (10-2-1) scored four goals in an 8:11 span in the first half. Gilbert scored the first two goals of the game just 91 seconds apart, first from Strevig in the 24^th minute, then from Underwood in the 26^th.

Boyd assisted the next two goals, first finding Miga off a corner set in the 30^th minute and then connecting a pass across the top of the box for Bathras to finish in the 32^nd minute.

Sheffield made it 5-0 in the 70^th minute, completing a go-ahead pass from Bathras. Morales closed out the scoring with her first career goal with :47 left on the clock.

AACC has a bye for the opening round of the NJCAA Region 20 Division II tournament, and will host the winner of No. 5 Garrett and No. 4 Carroll in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 30 at Siegert Field.