Mooney’s Triple Fuels 5-0 Win Over Morehead

Friday, October 10

Cutchin Field

3 p.m.

Murray State

7-7 (3-2OVC)

Morehead State

8-3-4 (3-1-1OVC)

Team	1	2	Final F
Morehead St.	0	0	0
Murray St.	2	3	5

Photo by: Sam Sheffer

10/10/2014 6:46:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Julie Mooney's second hat trick of the season helped propel the Murray State women's soccer team to its most lopsided conference win since 2001 with a 5-0 victory over Morehead State Friday afternoon at Cutchin Field.

The Racers wasted little time getting on the scoreboard in the contest, as Mooney made it 1-0 in the 13^th minute off a pass from Pavlina Nepokojova. That goal went down as her 10^th of 2014, making her just the third player in MSU history to score 10 or more goals in a season.

Later in the half, Nepokova was fouled in the box, giving Murray State a penalty kick opportunity. Mooney made it 2-for-2 on penalty kicks on the season, as she buried the ball in the back of the net to give her team a 2-0 lead at the break.

Just minutes into the second, Mooney struck on a cross from Tayor Stevens for her third goal of the game and second hat trick of the season. She joins Krista Muilkens as the only two Racers in program history with two career hat tricks and is the first ever to notch two in the same season.

In the 64^th minute, less than a minute after her third goal, Mooney assisted Harriet Withers, who dribbled into the box and scored to put the Racers on top 4-0. In the 66^th minute, Withers returned the favor and set up Bronagh Kerins, who after a scramble at the mouth of the goal, tapped it past the keeper for MSU's fifth goal of the afternoon.

Shelby Haworth was perfect between the posts for the fourth time this season, as she came up with seven saves in the clean sheet effort. Her goals against average now stands at just 1.07 on the year and only 0.78 in OVC play.

With the win, Murray State improves to 7-7 on the year and 3-2 in league play, while Morehead State suffers their first conference loss to fall to 3-1-1 in the OVC and 8-3-4 overall.

On Sunday, the Racers will return to action at Cutchin Field when they take on Eastern Kentucky. Match time is set for 1 p.m. and the game can be seen live at OVCDigitalNetwork.com.