Women's Soccer Celebrates Senior Night With 6-0 CCAC Conference Victory Over Indiana Northwest

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Roosevelt University women's soccer team celebrated "Senior Night" with a 6-0 CCAC Conference victory over Indiana University Northwest on Tuesday, October 26 at Morris Field.  The win extended the Lakers winning streak to four games, raising their conference record to 7-4-1 and their overall record to 10-6-1 on the year.

The Lakers dominated the game throughout, allowing the RedHawks just one shot in the game while posting 26 of their own, including 15 shots on goal.  Marubeni Nieto started the scoring for RU in the 13^th minute, heading in an Anahi Cerda corner kick for her first goal of the year.  The assist for Cerda set a Lakers program record for assists in a season with eight.

In the 33^rd minute, Ashley Capetillo banged in a rebound from a Mayeri Diaz shot to register her fifth goal of the season.  Just under seven minutes later, Capetillo started a passing sequence with Yazmin Rojas to send Meaghan Smith through and the junior forward fired in her eighth goal of the year with both Rojas and Capetillo earning assists.

Two RU seniors teamed up in the 56^th minute to push the Lakers lead to 4-0 when Gabi Christidis headed in a Marbella Rodriguez corner kick.  The goal was Christidis' seventh of the year.  Thirty seconds later, Meaghan Smith scored her second goal of the game and team-leading ninth goal of the year off an assist from Julia Szylke.  The Lakers closed out the scoring in the 78^th minute when a Mayeri Diaz shot ricocheted off Yazmin Rojas into the goal, giving the goal to Rojas for her first in her career and the assist to Diaz for her second of the match.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Indiana Northwest          0              0              0
                Roosevelt                            3              3              6

Records: Roosevelt 10-6-1, 7-4-1 (CCAC) // Indiana Northwest 2-14, 1-11 (CCAC)

Location: Morris Field | Arlington Heights, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Meaghan Smith scored two goals to give her a team-leading nine on the year
• Ashley Capetillo registered a goal & and assist
• Yazmin Rojas tallied a goal & an assist with the goal being the first in her collegiate career
• Mayeri Diaz recorded two assists to give her three on the year
• Marubeni Nieto scored her first goal of the season
• Gabi Christidis scored her seventh goal of the year
• Anahi Cerda, Marbella Rodriguez, & Julia Szylke each recorded an assist in the win
• Gaby Aguinaga-Hernandez made one save to earn her sixth shutout of the season
• The Lakers outshot the RedHawks 26-1 & held an 11-0 advantage in corner kicks

NEWS & NOTES

• Anahi Cerda set a new program record for assists in a season with eight
• This was the first meeting between the Lakers & RedHawks in women's soccer
• The Lakers honored their 2021 senior class in a postgame ceremony & the 12 seniors honored were Lola Arreola, Claire Asmus, Ashley Capetillo, Anahi Cerda, Gabi Christidis, Maddie Gasso, Alexis Gonzalez, Marubeni Nieto, Leslie Ocampo, Marbella Rodriguez, Sam Sparks, & Julia Szylke
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers conclude the regular season on Saturday, October 30 when they hit the road to take on Indiana University South Bend in a CCAC Conference contest. Kick-off is scheduled for 11am (CST) at Newton Park in Lakeville, Ind.