WAVERLY, Iowa – Women's soccer unloaded nine goals on Buena Vista University in its American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) opener in a 9-1 senior day win at home on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Knights were led by a four-goal performance from Sami Webster, who tied Wartburg's single match goal record today as well as a two-goal and two-assist performance from Athena Sheets.
 
The Knights are now 4-6 overall and 1-0 in A-R-C play, while BVU is now 3-5-1 overall and 0-1 in A-R-C play.
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • The Knights forced three corner kicks early into the match, with one Webster shot resulting in a shot on goal
  • Wartburg got the scoring started in the 14^th minute, when Sheets finished a pass from Nikayla Youngblut to beat the keeper and give the Knights a 1-0 lead
  • Five minutes later, Hailey Chambers got behind the Wartburg defense and was able to tie the match at 1-1
  • Wartburg retook the lead 2-1 after an unassisted Webster goal in the 27^th minute
  • Following shots that just missed from Allison Smith and Lindsey Overmann, Webster added another goal in the 32^nd minute to push the score to 3-1
  • Webster finished up a first-half hat trick in the 36^th minute after scoring her third-straight unassisted goal
    • Wartburg took a 4-1 lead into halftime
• Second Half
  • In the 49^th minute, Webster netted her fourth unanswered goal following another assist from Sheets to give Wartburg a commanding 5-1 lead
  • Overmann found Sheets on the left wing and Sheets turned a fired a shot past the keeper for her second goal of the match and to push the Wartburg lead to 6-1
  • Minutes later, it was Youngblut's turn to score as she got past the defense and beat the keeper one on one with an assist from Sheets to give the Knights a 7-1 lead
  • Greta Rothe added another Wartburg goal in the 74^th minute with an unassisted score to make it 8-1 with 16 minutes left to play
  • A ninth Wartburg goal was added in the 89^th minute when Alexandria Rocha put a shot in the back of the net to put the final touches on a 9-1 win at home

 
Top Performers

• Sami Webster
  • Four goals scored (tied single-match school record)
  • Six shots on goal
  • 62 minutes played
• Athena Sheets
  • Six total points
    • Two goals
    • Two assists
  • 36 minutes played
• Nikayla Youngblut
  • One goal
  • One assist
  • 47 minutes played

 
Notes/Streaks

• 27^th straight win against BVU
  • Wartburg is 28-1 all-time in the series
• Webster tied the single-match goals record (four)
  • Sixth player to score four goal in a match at Wartburg (first player since 2013)
• First career match with multiple goals and first match with multiple assists for Sheets
  • Has a team-high four assists this season
  • 10^th career goal and fourth career assist
• Webster now has eight goal this season (team high)
  • 12 career goals
• Fifth goal and second assist for Youngblut this season
  • First career match with one goal and one assist recorded
  • Ninth career goal and sixth career assist
• First goal of the season for Rothe
  • Eighth career goal
• First collegiate goal for Rocha
• First collegiate assist for Overmann
• Kennedy Gustafson made her collegiate debut in goal today

 
Next Time Out
The Knights will be back in action on Wednesday, Oct. 1 for a road matchup against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 5 p.m.