DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College women's soccer team (2-13, 1-11 CC) defeated Allen University (0-8) by a score of 21-0 on Monday evening at Huggins Field.

THE ESSENTIALS 
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THE SERIES
Monday marked the first ever meeting between the Fleet and Yellow Jackets.

THE MATCH
Vivian Gonzalez and Brianna Raffa gave the Fleet an early lead, each scoring a goal inside the first 10 minutes. Gonzalez, Brittiney Gardner, and Raffa all found the back of the net in a span of 47 seconds to extend the Fleet lead to 5-0 in the opening quarter of an hour. Alexa Barrios scored in the 16th minute to add another goal to the tally for Erskine. Jane Ashley Meredith slotted home a goal before Lauren Mullen and Anika Scherer scored 61 seconds apart from each other to make it a 9-0 game. Mullen found the back of the net again minutes later and first-half goals from Katelyn Williams and Ashlyn Stroud gave Erskine a 12-0 lead at the halftime break. Reagan Gibbs scored twice in four minutes early in the second half, with her goals coming in between a strike from Amanda Johnston. Becky Matthews, Stroud, Melanie Mercelita, Izzy Ray all scored in the second half, which was capped by a brace from Calley Vick to finish off a 21-0 win for Erskine.

THE PLAYER
Reagan Gibbs scored a pair of goals and had a team-high eight shots in 28 minutes of action.

THE TEAM
Erskine outshot Allen 52 to two and had a 35 to one advantage in shots on target.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Fleet close out their fall 2021 regular season on Tuesday afternoon at home against Bob Jones University (17-1) out of the NCCAA. Erskine won the only previous meeting between the teams back in October 2019, 2-1, on a 90th-minute winner from Katie Cauble assisted by Julia Cesta.

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