PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College soccer team cruised to a 9-0 triumph at the University of Valley Forge on Wednesday afternoon at Patriot Field in a Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) match.

First-year Lauren Davis (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley) paced the Falcons with a hat trick. Senior Morgan Love (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) and sophomore Abril Riley (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) pitched in two goals apiece while senior Taylor Wolf (Townsend, Del./Middletown) and graduate student Ashley Whittaker (Huntersville, N.C. /Hopewell ) each finished with a goal and an assist.

Davis put the Falcons with her first goal of the afternoon in the 18^th minute and then added another in the 21^st minute. Riley made the match 3-0 with an unassisted marker in the 24^th minute. Whittaker set up Love in the 26^th minute for the 4-0 advantage while Wolf put one home in the 32^nd minute to send Cedar Crest into the half with the 5-0 lead.

Davis capped off her hat trick with a strike in the 49^th minute to open the second-half scoring. Whittaker followed with a marker in the 62^nd minute with the assist going to Wolf.

Riley netted her second of the contest in the 76^th minute while Love scored her second of the day, off the assist from junior Olivia Kelly (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) to round out the scoring in the 9-0 final.

Cedar Crest had 63 total shots and registered 18 corner kicks in the win.

First-year goalkeeper Bella Bozen (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township) secured the victory for the Falcons and did not face a shot. First-year Maria Hernandez (Stratford, Conn.) concluded the match with 21 saves in the setback for the Patriots.

Cedar Crest (10-3-2 overall, 7-0-1 CSAC) concludes the regular season on Saturday, October 29 against Saint Elizabeth University at 1:00 p.m. It will also serve as Senior Day for the Falcons. Valley Forge (0-13-0 overall, 0-9-0 CSAC) wraps up its season on Saturday at Trinity (D.C.). The match is set for 2:00 p.m.

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