|
Complete
Box Score
SEATTLE (Aug. 27) Sarah Martinez scored
a pair of first-half goals less than four minutes apart and
notched her second career hat trick in Seattle Pacific
University's 4-1 non-conference women's soccer win over Humboldt
State Monday at Interbay Stadium.
Kayla Stiegemeier (Fr., Rathdrum, Id.) put the
12th-ranked Falcons (2-0-0) in front after 12 minutes on a feed
from Martinez (Sr., Bothell, Wa./Cedar Park Christian).
Martinez latched on to a low bending ball from
Meredith Teague (Jr., Redmond, Wa./Bellevue Christian) for her
first goal at 18:24, then scored again from 10 yards to make it
3-0 at 22:15.
Shannon Oakes (Jr., Boise, Id.) got her second
assist six minutes into the second half, pushing the ball to
Martinez, who turned and fired into the upper right corner from 14
yards.
Before leaving the game in the 60th minute,
Martinez had collected seven total points, which ranks No. 2 on
the SPU single game list. She has five goals in the first two
games.
Martinez now has seven career game-winning
goals -- one behind Shannon Lovejoy -- and 90 total points21
behind Lovejoy.
Humboldt State (0-2-1) averted a shutout in the
79th minute. Meghan Connolly rose above the crowd to head home a
flicked-on corner kick. Allison Lawrence and Erin Ashdown
assisted.
The Falcons finished with a 17-7 advantage in
shots and 6-3 in corners. They forced seven saves off 'Jacks
staring keeper Kelly Sandberg in the first half.
Seattle Pacific hosts Sonoma State Thursday
night at 7.
Scoring-1, SPU, Stiegemeier (Martinez, Grubbs)
11:22; 2, SPU, Martinez (Teague) 18:24; 3, SPU, Martinez (Oakes)
22:15; 4, Martinez (Oakes, Stiegemeier) 50:51; 5, HSU, Connolly
(Lawrence, Ashdown) 78:48.
Shots-HSU 7, SPU 17.
Saves-HSU (Sandberg 7/Gaskalla 0) 7, SPU (Rahm
1/Dicksinson 1) 2.
Corner kicks-HSU 3, SPU 6.
Fouls-HSU 11, SPU 18.
Offside-HSU 0, SPU 5.
|