Yellowjackets Blast Finlandia
Yellowjackets 8, Finlandia 0
Box Score
For the second time in a week, the Yellowjacket women's soccer team took the field against Finlandia University, this time playing the Lions at home. And for the second time in a week, the Yellowjackets blanked the Lions, only this time there was much less drama than the first time around.
Chelsea Cossin (Hermantown, Minn.) scored less than a minute into the match, setting the tone for what would go on to be a dominating 8-0 shutout. It's the second win in a row and the third win in the last four matches for the Yellowjackets, who evened their record for the season at 5-5.
Cossin's unassisted tally just 56 seconds into the match provided all the offense the Yellowjackets would need, but they were far from finished. Ana Morse (Duluth, Minn.) picked up a loose ball near the Finlandia goal and scored her first collegiate goal at 16:25 to make it 2-0. After a long stretch of play in the Finlandia end of the field, the lead was extended to 3-0 when Savannah Schramm (Carlton, Minn.) scored her third of the year at 40:13.
Coming out of the break the Yellowjackets kept their foot on the pedal and extended the lead some more. Mandee Akson (Pine Island, Minn.) made it 4-0 with her first goal of the season at 46:48. As the half wore on, the Yellowjackets took advantage of their depth and wore the Lions down, further applying pressure in their end of the field. At 60:12 Cossin scored her second goal of the game and team-leading 12th of the year to make it 5-0. Moments later the lead stretched to 6-0 on a goal by Sarah Johnson (Cloquet, Minn.). It was her second of the year and came at 62:42. At 69:41 of the match, Nichole Casler (Swartz Creek, Mich.) was awarded a penalty kick, and she buried it for her second goal of the season to make it 7-0. The Yellowjackets closed out the scoring just 25 seconds later, with Katelyn Adams (Two Harbors, Minn.) scoring her fourth goal of the year to make it 8-0.
Cossin finished the match with two goals and an assist, while Schramm had a goal and two assists. She leads the team with five assists on the year. Casler and Johnson had a goal and an assist apiece.
Alexandra Paige (Anaheim, Calif.) had to make just one save and got the win for the Yellowjackets, posting her third shutout of the season and improving her record to 4-3 on the year. At the other end, Carlye Buchucuski made 14 saves, as the Yellowjackets held a 14-1 edge in shots on goal and a 41-1 advantage in shots attempted for the match.
Notes
**The eight-goal outburst was the most goals scored in a game by the Yellowjackets since they netted nine against Finlandia back on September 14, 2008.
**The Yellowjackets have scored 26 goals so far in 2011, the most goals the team has scored in a season since they scored 32 in 2007.
**Cossin's 12 goals on the year are the most scored by a Yellowjacket since Beth Haworth scored 16 in 2004.
The Yellowjackets (5-5, 0-2 WIAC) return to the home field on Saturday, October 1 when they host Mount Mary University beginning at 3:00 p.m. The game, which is part of UW-Superior Reunion Weekend, will be held at the Superior High School Soccer Complex.
