Dukes Romp to 5-0 Win at Tulsa

Sunday, September 3

Tulsa, Okla.

Noon

James Madison University

4-2

Tulsa

1-4-1

James Madison

Tulsa

9/3/2017 5:21:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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TULSA, Okla. - James Madison racked up its most goals in more than two years on Sunday afternoon, cruising to a 5-0 victory over Tulsa in non-conference women's soccer action at Hurricane Stadium. The win moved the Dukes to 4-2 on the season, while Tulsa fell to 1-4-1.

Juniors Carmen Thomas and Steffi Page and sophomores Lizzy Lazzaro, Haley Crawford and Phoebe Dinga all found the back of the net for the Dukes, with Thomas, Crawford and freshman Sophie Brause adding assists. In all, JMU racked up 22 shots on the afternoon, dwarfing the Hurricane's three, all of which came in the first half.

HOW THEY SCORED
14' | Lazzaro opened the scoring with a penalty kick just before the quarter-hour mark, burying a shot from the spot after a JMU attempt was handled in the box by a Tulsa defender.
21' | Thomas doubled the advantage less than eight minutes later, taking a pass from Crawford and firing a 25-yard shot into the bottom-right corner of the net to make it 2-0.
50' | Page opened her 2017 scoring account less than five minutes after halftime, burying a shot from 10 yards on an open net after a pass from Brause.
56' | Crawford added her fourth shortly after, matching Lazzaro's season tally with a 25-yard blast from the middle of the field, with Thomas picking up the assist.
90' | Dinga closed out the scoring with just 32 seconds to play, stealing a Tulsa clearance attempt and burying a 16-yard shot for her second goal of the season.

MATCH NOTES
- Crawford led the blitz, racking up a match-high six shots to go with her goal and assist, while Page, Thomas and senior Colleen Gawkins each tallied three.
- Freshman Ginger Deel posted four shots, the first four of her collegiate career, on her birthday.
- JMU's five-goal explosion marks the most for the Dukes since a 5-0 home win over Seton Hall on Aug. 23, 2015, which was also the last time JMU held an opponent to three shots. Likewise, the 22 shots are the most by a JMU team since racking up 24 at Towson on Oct. 8, 2016.
- The Dukes now have 17 goals across their first six matches, the most since the 1995 campaign, when JMU scored 19 in six matches with the help of a 7-0 win over Radford.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Miller needed just one shot to keep the scoreline clean across her 61 minutes, before yielding to sophomore Hannah McShea, who did not face a shot on goal.

QUOTING COACH LOMBARDO
"I'm very proud of this team for responding the way they did after a disappointing result against Arkansas. We found the scoring touch that eluded us on Friday, got a chance to play a lot of players and put together a total team win."

UP NEXT
The Dukes return to the east coast this week to close out their three-match road trip with a 7 p.m. bout at Navy on Thursday, Sept. 7. The Mids are currently 4-2 on the season, including a 2-1 mark at home, entering their 4 p.m. contest at Stanford on Sunday afternoon.