Virginia Women’s Soccer | Five Different Hoos Score in 5-0 Victory Over Utah Valley

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Five different players scored on Sunday (Aug. 25) as the Virginia women’s soccer team (4-0-0) defeated Utah Valley (2-1-1) by a score of 5-0 at Klöckner Stadium.

GOALS
UVA: 9’ – Allie Ross (Laughlin Ryan)
UVA: 10’ – Laughlin Ryan (unassisted)
UVA: 48’ – Alexis Theoret (Linda Mittermair)
UVA: 60’ – Linda Mittermair (Laughlin Ryan)
UVA: 75’ – Sophia Bradley (Maya Carter)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cavaliers got on the board in the ninth minute as Utah Valley was unable to clear the ball and Virginia reset the offense after regaining the ball at the penalty arc. Ella Carter played the ball out wide to the right to Laughlin Ryan who drove to the endline and served a cross in toward the penalty spot. Allie Ross headed it in back toward the near post for the score.

Virginia doubled the lead a little over a minute later when Ryan fired from distance, pulling up her attack 22 yards out and putting it in the upper left corner.

The Hoos struck quickly to open the second half with Alexis Theoret’s goal in the 48th minute. A deflected ball following a free kick came back out wide to Linda Mittermair on the right side. She served it across the top of the box and Tatum Galvin shielded her defender which allowed Theoret to slip the ball in past the left post.

Virginia made it a 4-0 lead in the 60th minute when Mittermair found the net on a deflected shot from Ryan. The initial shot in the box was deflected by the Wolverine’s keeper as she came off her line, but it bounced back to Mittermair crashing at the top of the box who finished with her volley.

Sophia Bradley capped the scoring in the 75th minute off a combo play with Maya Carter. Bradley passed the ball ahead to Carter near the top left of the box and the junior forward then passed it back to Bradley as she approached the penalty arc. The freshman fired her shot on frame and put the Hoos up 5-0.

NOTES ON THE GAME

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