Sept. 13, 2009
Box Score
RUSTON - Louisiana Tech continued its impressive early season play Sunday when the Lady Techsters scored a school record 12 goals in a 12-0 victory over an injury-plagued Delta State team at Joe Aillet Stadium.
The previous school record was eight goals in a game, accomplished on five separate occasions in Lady Techster soccer history.
Tech (7-0), which is one of only 16 undefeated teams in the country, also extended its program record winning streak to seven games and has now outscored its opponents 40-4 on the year.
"Delta state had a lot of injuries coming into the game," said Tech head coach Kevin Sherry. "Give them credit to keep on going to their end. We still had to take advantage of it, and we did. The team played well. They worked hard together. What impressed me the most is they are working hard on what we have been working on in practice. They say to practice like you play, and play like you practice. We did that today."
On the afternoon, Tech recorded a school record 52 shots, including 32 shots on goal, while Delta State managed only two shots in the contest.
In wet and raining conditions, the Lady Techsters took an early 1-0 lead in the fifth minute on an unassisted goal by Abigail Edwards, her first of the season, on a play that saw the wet ball go right through the hands of Delta State goalkeeper Samantha LeJeune. Just two minutes later, Mo Rockwell scored her third goal of the assistant off a nice assist by Kat McCullough, giving Tech a 2-0 lead only seven minutes into the game.
Rockwell returned the favor in the 21st minute of the first half as she assisted McCullough on her first goal of the season as the lead increased to 3-0. Rockwell then recorded her second assist of the game on a goal by Rachel King in the 32nd minute.
Heather Fitzgerald scored her third goal of the year in the 35th minute before King added her second goal of the game - and school record tying ninth goal of the season - in the 40th minute to give the Lady Techsters a 6-0 halftime lead.
Sherry pulled the majority of his starters in the second half as the LA Tech bench came on just as strong, matching the first half with six second half goals.
"Out of respect for Delta State, we took our starting 11 off and put everyone else in the game," Sherry said. "There is no difference between our starters and our bench. When your opportunity comes, you need to take it. We share the load. Everyone did their part today. The ones who didn't do as much today will be expected to carry the load Tuesday."
Scotti Culton started the second half scoring for the Lady Techsters as she scored from 10 yards out on the left side on a nice cross from Taylor Meyers in the 55th minute of the game. Brittany Coffinbargar then scored the first of her three second-half goals in the 63rd minute as she was the recipient of a nice give-and-go play with teammate Sarah Klenke and the Lady Techsters led 8-0.
Coffinbargar would add goals in the 72nd and 80th minutes, her first three goals of the season.
"I was really happy for Brittany," Sherry said. "She has been working hard in practice and it was nice to see her get the three goals today. It's good for her development."
Kiva Gresham added a goal in the 71st minute and Fitzgerald added her second goal of the day in the 86th minute.
The Lady Techsters will be in action Tuesday as they host Grambling State in a makeup game at 2 p.m. at the Lady Techster Soccer Complex.
