Trio of Seniors Score in No. 19 Women's Soccer 3-0 Win Over St. John's

Sunday, October 15

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 PM

Xavier University

4-0-311-2-3; BIGEAST

St. John's

3-4-18-5-3; BIGEAST

St. John's

Xavier

Trio of Seniors Score in No. 19 Women's Soccer 3-0 Win Over St. John's

10.15.23 | Women's Soccer

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Olivia Lawson, Grace Blumfeldt and Madison Ayson score on Senior Day

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's celebrated Senior Day with a trio of honorees scoring to give Xavier a 3-0 win over St. John's at Corcoran Field on Sunday afternoon. The Musketeers remain unbeaten in BIG EAST play at 4-0-3, and move to 11-2-3 overall.

Xavier took the lead in the 17th minute after Olivia Lawson scored from Ella Rogers, off a corner kick from Samantha Wiehe. The Musketeers made it a 2-0 lead just before half, with Grace Blumfeldt scoring from Shelby Sallee for the two-goal lead at the break.

The Musketeers added another insurance goal late, with Madison Ayson scoring from Kennedy Clark in the final five minutes to set the score at 3-0 in favor of the Musketeers.

Maria Galley made a pair of saves in 83 minutes in-goal. Abby Weller made the start at goalkeeper, and played the final four minutes of the match, collecting a save. Ashley Bowles also played in-frame, starting the second half.

Xavier heads out on the road next, traveling to Providence on Thursday, Oct. 19, for the first of two road matches. The Musketeers and the Friars get underway at 6:00 p.m. on FloSports.

SCORING RECAP

17' | XAVIER | Off a Samantha Wiehe corner kick, Ella Rogers passed the ball from right in front of the net to Olivia Lawson, who shot to the upper left corner for the 1-0 lead.

37' | XAVIER | A throw in from Brooklynn Miltenberger deep on the left side of the field found Shelby Sallee just outside the six-yard box. Sallee tapped the ball to Grace Blumfeldt who shot low for the 2-0 lead.

86' | XAVIER | Kennedy Clark served the ball from the left side of the field to Madison Ayson on the right side. Ayson shot from the edge of the penalty box for the 3-0 lead.

NOTABLE

Olivia Lawson's goal, her first as a Musketeer, was the game-winner. She has three points on the season.
Grace Blumfeldt's first half goal was her first of the season, giving her three points for the season.
Madison Ayson's goal was her third of the season, combining with an assist to give her seven points.
Ella Rogers picked up an assist on Lawson's goal, her second of the season.
Shelby Sallee picked up her first assist of the season on Blumfeldt's goal. Combined with five goals, she has 11 points.
Kennedy Clark picked up an assist on Madison Ayson's goal, her team-high fifth of the season. She has nine points on the season.
Samantha Wiehe picked up her fourth assist of the season on Lawson's goal. She leads Xavier with 16 points.
Xavier finished with a 19-11 advantage on shots and a 10-3 advantage on shots on-goal.
The Musketeers matched their season high with 12 corner kicks.
Maria Galley made a pair of saves in 83 minutes of action in-goal. Abby Weller made her first career start in-goal, making a save and Ashley Bowles also played in-goal to help Xavier to its ninth shutout of the season.
Maddie Reed, Ella Rogers and Natalie Bain played the full 90 minutes, helping limit the Red Storm to three shots on goal.
Xavier extends its unbeaten streak in BIG EAST regular season games to 25 matches, dating back to September 2021.