(ROCKLIN, Calif.) PLNU Women's Soccer scored its most goals in a single game in the program's NCAA era, routing Jessup by a 7-1 margin on Thursday morning.
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Point Loma's seven goals are its most since scoring seven against St. Ambrose on Aug. 26, 2006. The all-time program record is eight goals, which came against Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) on Sep. 25, 2004.
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Seven different Sea Lions scored in total, with
Juliet Thrapp,
Madison Khan and
Riley Johnson finding the back of the net for the first time in their PLNU careers.
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Point Loma scored the first four goals of the game, with Thrapp (8:10),
Emma Naftzger (19:46), Khan (23:43) and
Gianna Masinter (27:00) giving the Sea Lions a four-goal cushion within the first 27 minutes.
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Jessup scored its lone goal of the game in the 37th minute before
Maddy Saruwatari (51:27), Johnson (59:05) and
Grace Nelson (62:02) rounded out the rout with goals in the second half.
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Naftzger scored for the second straight game, while Saruwatari scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season.
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Nelson assisted on each of the first two goals, with Saruwatari and
Nikki Ross also assisting on goals.
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PLNU outshot Jessup 21-5 and 12-4 in shots on goal.
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Kickoff on Thursday was moved up to 10 a.m. because of the heat.
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Point Loma (5-2-5 overall, 2-0-2 PacWest), still unbeaten in conference play, closes out its Northern California trip with a game at Dominican on Saturday at 1 p.m. in a rematch of last year's conference tournament championship.
