Eckerd Blanks Tusculum 4-0

Box Score ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd women's soccer team earned its second win of the season after shutting out Tusculum (Tenn.), 4-0, in a Sunday morning matchup at Johnson Field.

Eckerd's attack was relentless in the early minutes of the match, with four consecutive shots in the first 13 minutes. Hajar Benjoud finally broke through to solve the Pioneers, scoring in the 17th and 20th minutes for her second and third goals of the season.
 
Kyndall Goodwin scored the first goal of her Triton career in the 26th minute off a feed from Mackenzie Maggio to put the Tritons up 3-0. Seven minutes later, Asia Dabney buried the first goal of her career with help from Sierra Hudson, who also logged the first point of her career.

HOW IT ENDED
FINAL: Eckerd 4, Tusculum 0
RECORDS: Eckerd (2-0-1), Tusculum (0-4)
SCORING SUMMARY: EC – Benjoud 17' (Lashanti Williams), Benjoud 20' (Aisling Spillane), Goodwin 26' (Maggio), Dabney 33' (Hudson).

NOTES AND NUMBERS

• Benjoud's goals put her in sole position as the teams leading scorer with three goals on the season.
• Eckerd held Tusculum to just five shots in the match, outshooting the Pioneers 18-5 overall and 11-1 in the first half.
• Keeper Cadence Talbert has been nearly perfect through three matches, allowing only one goal to go along with six saves.
• Talbeert and Morgan Flemming split the match in goal. 
• Eckerd led in corner kicks, 6-3.
• EC's four goals were the most in a match since scoring nine against Webber International on August 30, 2018. 

QUOTABLE
"We played really amazing as a team today," said head coach, Danielle Fotopoulos. "We are excited to continue our efforts as we train and get ready for SSC action coming up this week."  

UP NEXT
Eckerd hosts Lynn for its first Sunshine State Conference game of the season on Saturday at 7:00 PM.