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Milica Bulatovic celebrates goal vs. UNCW
0
UNCW UNCW (2-4-2, 0-0-0)
3
Winner VCU VCU (1-6-0, 0-0-0)
UNCW UNCW
(2-4-2, 0-0-0)
0
Final
3
VCU VCU
(1-6-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNCW UNCW 0 0 0
VCU VCU 0 3 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

WOMEN’S SOCCER BLANKS UNCW IN 3-0 VICTORY

Box Score: VCU 3, UNCW 0
Location: Richmond, Va. / Sports Backers Stadium
Records: VCU (1-6), UNCW (2-4-2)
 
THE SHORT STORY: Intensity dialed up following a scoreless first half as Kanna Matsuhisa and Milica Bulatovic combined for three goals in seven minutes and Allison Karpovich tripled her total saves to lift the Rams to a 3-0 victory over UNCW.
 
PITCH SIDE
  • All of the Rams' goals were scored in a seven-minute window, netting three in the 60th, 65th and 67th minutes
  • Karpovich made a career-best nine saves in net for the Rams, earning her first shutout of the year and the fifth of her career
  • Matsuhisa's pair of goals doubled her total, matching her single-season high of four through just seven games
  • VCU posted season-best marks with three goals and 15 shots
  • Bulatovic scored her first goal of the season and led VCU with five shots, three of which were on goal
  • Makaya Parham and Isabella Cahall each registered a shot on goal
  • The Rams capitalized on their control of the ball, trailing the Seahawks with 44% possession, but outshooting them 15-14
  • Just one yellow card was shown in the match, to UNCW's Rachel Fry
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Karpovich started her perfect night in the fifth minute, making the first save of the game on a shot from six yards out
  • Bulatovic recorded the Rams' first shot on goal in the 12th minute and Parham induced another Seahawks save in the 33rd minute
  • With another remarkable save, Karpovich made a 10-yard run to subdue a Seahawks breakaway
  • Pressing into the 60th minute, Cahall (59') and Bulatovic (60') each added a shot on goal before Matsuhisa broke open the game on a penalty kick
  • Bulatovic blasted a shot wide in the 63rd minute, but followed with a bullet by Seahawks keeper Morgan Hobbs on a feed from Greta Krazula
  • Capitalizing on a UNCW turnover in the center circle, Matsuhisa made a 60-yard run, bending a shot around a Seahawks defender for the Rams' third goal in the 67th minute  
 
UP NEXT:
VCU opens Atlantic 10 competition on the road in Davidson, N.C., at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, against Davidson.
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