JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College women's soccer team exploded for five goals in the first half and then cruised to a 5-0 victory over Cornell in a Midwest Conference match on Saturday afternoon at England Stadium.
IC, which is off to the best conference start in school history, is now 8-6-2 overall and 4-1-0 in MWC play. Cornell fell to 2-11-0 and 0-4-0.
IC 5 Cornell 0
The Lady Blues came out firing and scored the match's first goal at the 9:37 mark when Alica Rodriguez took a feed from
Katy Adler to give IC a lead they would never let go.
Adler added to the point total when she scored unassisted at the 14:57 mark.
IC made it 3-0 at 19:30 when Rodriquez found the net for the second time in just under 10 minutes of action, this time scoring off a feed from
Holly Morehart.
McKenzie Murray scored with an assist from
Mady Brewer at the 39:11 mark before
Abby Keeton closed out the first half barrage when she took a pass from
Brianna Noud at 42:01.
IC outshot the Rams, 27-5. Adler led the charge with four shots, while Rodriguez and Murray each had three.
Jesse Trost continued her scoreless run in goal, working the first 75:11 of the match and recording two saves.
Haley Schuerman finished the last 14:49 and recorded a pair of saves as well.
Blue Notes
The 4-1-0 start to the Midwest Conference season is the best league start in program history… IC honored its 2025 senior class of
Emma Huelskamp,
Abby Love,
Olivia Ralston, and
Kassie Weideman prior to the start of the match.
Up Next
It's back on the road for IC as it travels to Monmouth on Tuesday for a Midwest Conference contest beginning at 3:00 p.m.
