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8/18/23 - VCU Women’s Soccer (Ryan M. Kelly/Apex Media)
Ryan M. Kelly/Apex Media
5
Winner VCU VCU (3-4-2, 2-0-0)
0
George Mason MASON (0-10-0, 0-2-0)
Winner
VCU VCU
(3-4-2, 2-0-0)
5
Final
0
George Mason MASON
(0-10-0, 0-2-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VCU VCU 1 4 5
George Mason MASON 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

RAMS CRUSH GEORGE MASON, IMPROVE TO 2-0 IN A-10

Score: VCU 5, George Mason 0
Location: Fairfax, Va. (George Mason Stadium)
Records: VCU 3-4-2 (2-0), George Mason 0-10-0 (0-2)
 
THE SHORT STORY: Four second half goals and equally strong defense play propelled VCU Women's Soccer to a commanding 5-0 victory at George Mason, bumping VCU's Atlantic 10 record to 2-0.
 
The Rams last started 2-0 in conference play in 2021, a season they took home the Atlantic 10 regular season title. VCU's goals came from Kanna Matsuhisa, Anna Bagley, Kendyl Sarver, Lindsey Munyak and Milica Bulatovic.

"It was a great team effort today to find the back of the net five times and keep our second clean sheet of the weekend," said Head Coach Lindsey Martin. "I'm particularly happy with our second half performance for increasing our intensity and grittiness from a sub-par first half. We put together some really nice goals and enjoyed our time on the ball."
 
PITCH SIDE
  • Matsuhisa's goal was her second of the season and it came in the 10th minute
  • Bagley scored her third goal of the season in the 61st minute
  • Sarver's second goal of the season came in the 64th minute
  • Both Bagley and Matsuhisa each got an assist on Sarver's goal
  • Munyak scored on a free kick from 60-70 yards out in the 67th minute
  • The free kick goal was the first goal of Munyak's career
  • Bulatovic scored her third of the season off a corner kick
  • Bagley posted her second assist of the match, delivering the corner kick that Bulatovic scored on
  • Bagley finished the match with four points, one goal and two assists
  • Matsuhisa added three points of her own with one goal and one assist
  • Allison Karpovich started in net, facing four shots, saving each one
  • Stevie Mika came in late in the second half, playing 15 minutes and making one save
  • The Rams out shot the Patriots 18-6, finishing with 11 shots on goal to George Mason's five
  • It's VCU's second straight match with a cleen sheet
  • VCU's 5-0 win is the biggest A-10 victory since a 5-0 win over Rhode Island in 2018
  • The Rams have now won two matches by a score of 5-0, it's the first time since 2002 that VCU has two shutout victories of at least five goals or more in the same season
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • VCU got the match off to a quick start, getting shots on goal from Bulatovic and Munyak in the first seven minutes
  • Karpovich did have to make one diving save to keep George Mason out in the third minute, but the Rams would keep things relatively clean in front of Karpovich's net for the rest of the way
  • The early attack set the tone and in the 10th minute VCU struck
  • George Mason's Ginny Fronk (GK) attempted to play a ball out of the back, but Matsuhisa was ready to pounce.
  • A weak pass to Fronk's defender allowed for Matsuhisa to come out of seemingly nowhere to steal the pass and slot the ball past the keeper to put VCU up 1-0
  • In the middle portion of the half, Karpovich made a pair of saves, stopping a shot in the 25th minute and the 26th minutes
  • Carleigh Frilles (34th minute) and Matsuhisa (35th minute) ripped off two more shots as the half came to an end with VCU up 1-0
  • Karpovich made her fourth save of the match in the 55th minute and shortly after the Rams struck again
  • Taking a ball right around midfield, Bagley dribbled past six George Mason defenders, placing the Patriot defense on skates as she glided into the box and placed it past the keeper for VCU's second of the match (61st minute)
  • VCU's goals kept coming from there, and in the 64th minute Sarver took an almost perfect build up from Matsuhisa to Bagley to net the Rams' third of the match
  • A George Mason foul in roughly 65 yards out and on the left side gave Munyak a shot at her first career goal
  • Hitting a shot that landed in just the right spot, Munyak's 67th minute free kick took one bounce in the box before getting past the keeper to make it 4-0 VCU
  • In the 79th minute the Rams got their final corner kick of the match, and as usual Bagley took to the spot
  • The Ram redshirt senior sent a perfect ball into the box which was met at just the right height by Bulatovic who smashed home VCU's fifth of the match to lock up the 5-0 conference win
UP NEXT: VCU remains on the road for another A-10 battle when they head north to UMass on Sept. 21. The Rams then return home on Sept. 24 to play host to Rhode Island at Sports Backers Stadium.

 
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