Box Score Franciscan 3, Chatham 0

Starting XI
MaryGrace Geurkink, Michelle Lopez, Rhoswen Elmore, Theresa English, Isabella Corley, Elizabeth Earnhardt, Natalie Cross, Catherine DeWolf, Lizzy Craig, Bella Urso, & Goalkeeper - Callie Giguere

How It Happened 
    On Wednesday evening at Trinity Health System Field, the Franciscan women's soccer team extended its undefeated conference run with a definitive 3-0 victory over Chatham University. The win improves Franciscan's overall record to 5-0-1, including a 2-0-0 mark in league play, while Chatham drops to 1-5-1 overall and 0-2-0 in the conference.
    Our offensive pressure was established immediately. Just 89 seconds into the match, Theresa English delivered a well-placed ball to Michelle Lopez, who capitalized to give us an early 1-0 lead. We maintained significant control throughout the first half, earning six corner kicks and limiting Chatham to just two shots, ensuring a one-goal advantage at the intermission.
    We quickly doubled our lead in the second half. At the 48:43 mark, Elizabeth Earnhardt found the back of the net, assisted by both Lizzy Craig and English. Ten minutes later, the English-to-Lopez connection struck again; English recorded her third assist of the night as Lopez executed her second goal of the match at 59:36, extending our lead to 3-0.
    Defensively, our backline remained disciplined and compact under second-half pressure. Goalkeeper Callie Giguere went the full 90 minutes, turning away all three of Chatham's shots on goal to secure the shutout victory. In total, Franciscan outshot Chatham 12-7 and held a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks, demonstrating complete structural control from start to finish.

In Case You Missed It 
If you were unable to join us tonight, you can find the post-game interview with Coach Miller on our Instagram and an archive of the stream on the pacdigitalnetwork.com/franciscanu or our YouTube channel. 

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