Boyds, Md. — The 23rd-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team earned a decisive win in the 2025 season opener at the Maryland SoccerPlex on Friday night, notching a 3-0 decision over 2024 NCAA Tournament participant Frostburg State.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-shot Frostburg State 15-10
- The Catawba Indians put eight shots on goal to five for the Bobcats
- FSU led the corner-kick battle 10-7
- Catawba was called for 12 of 18 fouls on the night
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Kylie Morin recorded the game-winner with an assist and a team-high three shots on frame
- Bree Ehmer also bagged a goal and an assist
- Morgan Delair picked up an assist
- Jenni Dähne pawed away five shots in goal for the first clean sheet of her career
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- Frostburg State got the first shot on target, corralled by Dähne in the fourth minute
- Ehmer flipped ahead to Morin who buried the eventual winner in the ninth minute
- Morin and Delair combined to find Ehmer at the top of the box; the junior turned and fired a score in the lower-left corner in the 20th minute
- A try from Delair was saved and another from Morin hit the post as Catawba looked to grow the lead
SECOND HALF
- Agnethe Vestergaard Heron tested the FSU keeper in the 48th minute, but the shot was stopped
- Lauren Darbo centered a ball in the 55th minute that deflected off of a Bobcat defender and into the net, growing the Catawba lead to 3-0
- Dähne tacked on three more saves over the game's final 30 minutes, earning a clean sheet in her first career start
GAME NOTES
- Nick Brown ties the Catawba women's soccer program record for career victories (113)
- Catawba's ninth consecutive win in season openers, dating back to 2017
- Morin's 14th career Catawba goal and third game-winner; Ehmer's 24th career goal
- Catawba's first game in the state of Maryland
- First of six matchups for the Catawba Indians with 2024 NCAA Tournament teams
UP NEXT
- Catawba travels back to the Tar Heel State on Sunday, lacing up at Chowan at 1 p.m.
