RUSTON, La. - Old Dominion women’s soccer scored three goals in the first half, tacked on a fourth in the second half, and kept a clean sheet to earn a 4-0 win at LA Tech on Thursday night in Ruston, Louisiana.
"Happy for the team tonight, they executed everything we wanted in the game plan,” said ODU Head Coach Will Roberts. "We were relentless all over the field and controlled the game when needed. Louisiana Tech is a good team and made us work for every bit of that win. Our focus now turns to Coastal Carolina this Sunday."
ODU (7-6-2, 5-1-2 SBC) scored the opening goal of the game in the 13th minute to take a 1-0 lead. Koto Davis won the ball in the Bulldogs’ final third from a misplaced pass by LA Tech’s (4-10-2, 2-5-1 SBC) Mackenzie Lorkowski. Davis lofted a shot which struck the top of the post, the rebound fell kindly to Ashley Economopoulos who slotted home the game’s first goal.
The Monarchs scored a second goal eight minutes later. In the 21st minute Riley Mullen received a pass on the wing from Sydney Somers. She cut inside and linked up with Madison Telmer just outside the box. Telmer gave the ball back to Mullen and the forward fired the ball low and to the bottom far corner, beating Lorkowski for a 2-0 lead.
The Silver and Blue earned a third goal in the 39th minute. Hannah Morgan recycled the ball back to Libby Holmes near the midfield line and the defender from Shefford, England lobbed a cross to the middle of the box. Her long-flighted pass was tracked by Reese Kulha who rose to meet the ball over a LA Tech defender and beat Lorkowski for a third and final goal of the half.
ODU peppered Lorkowski’s net in the first half with 14 shots and five shots on goal while the Monarchs defense held the Bulldogs to one shot.
Old Dominion scored a fourth unanswered goal in the 67th minute. Ally Richardson won a header in the midfield and Economopoulos shrugged off a Bulldog defender to win the ball near the top of the box. The Grantville, Pennsylvania native took a touch to line up and fire a shot with her right foot. She generated enough power to beat Lorkowski in the middle of the net to take a 4-0 lead.
The Monarchs finished the game with 22 shots and 11 shots on goal. ODU’s defense stymied the Bulldogs attack and held them to only one shot on target. ODU took five corners in the contest and LA Tech had one attempt.
Ashlynn Kulha, Dylan McEntarfer, Holmes, and Telmer all played 90 minutes. Reese Kulha finished with a team high five shots and three on target in 37 minutes. Mia Serna started in the midfield and registered four shot attempts and one shot on target.
Economopoulos scored her third and fourth goals of the season tonight to improve to nine points. Mullen scored her third goal of the season to also have nine points. Telmer provided her second assist to earn her eighth point, and Holmes made her first assist as a Monarch and picked up her third point of the season.
Old Dominion earned its eighth shutout of the season and Ellie Goodrich picked up her seventh. The fourth year goalkeeper improved her record in goal to 6-5-2, she played 90 minutes and made one save.
UP NEXT:
Old Dominion returns to Norfolk to have Senior Day on Sunday, October 25 at 2 p.m. against Coastal Carolina at the ODU Soccer Complex.