ROCKLIN, Calif. – Jessup women's soccer fell 7-1 to Point Loma Nazarene on Thursday at Warrior Field in a Pacific West Conference match. The Warriors fall to 1-7-2 overall and 1-2 in PacWest play, while the Sea Lions improve to 6-2-5 overall and 3-0-2 in the conference.
Point Loma Nazarene took control early. Juliet Thrapp opened the scoring in the 8th minute off an assist from Grace Nelson, and Emma Naftzger made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, again assisted by Nelson. Maddie Khan scored in the 24th minute to make it 3-0, and Gianna Masinter added a fourth in the 27th. The Sea Lions outshot Jessup 13-1 in the opening half and earned four corner kicks to the Warriors' none. Jessup answered in the 37th minute, when
Karlee Lywandowsky scored to cut the deficit to 4-1 going into the break.
Jessup played better in the second half, putting four shots on goal after managing just one in the first.
Piper Hansen forced a save from Point Loma goalkeeper Bea Levi in the 51st minute,
Kambria Steele tested Levi again in the 66th, and
Mackenzie Wright put a shot on target in the 74th that was stopped by Tessa Anastasi, who had replaced Levi. Point Loma still added three more goals in the half. Maddy Saruwatari scored in the 51st minute, Riley Johnson scored in the 59th off a Nikki Ross assist, and Nelson scored in the 62nd to make it 7-1. The Sea Lions outshot Jessup 8-4 in the second half and finished with a 21-5 advantage in shots, 12-4 in shots on goal and 6-0 in corner kicks.
Lywandowsky logged 81 minutes and had Jessup's only goal. Hansen played 77 minutes,
Angelina Mitchell 76 and
Giselle Torres 72 in a back line that was tested all night. Steele, Wright and Hansen each put a shot on target, and
Kylie Gutierrez had the other Jessup attempt. Jessup committed nine fouls to the Sea Lions' seven, and
Gracyn Wilkinson and
Roxanna Medina each received a yellow card late in the second half.
Jessup will now turn its attention to Biola on Saturday for Senior Day at home.
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