Gophers Crush First-Year Division II Opponent, 21-2

Team Surpasses 20 Goals in Back-to-Back Games for First Time Since 2005

TOWSON, Md. — Nine different players scored goals for Goucher this afternoon as the Gophers pinned a 21-2 setback on West Virginia Wesleyan.

Hannah Khin (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth), Andi Lipson (Langhorne, Pa./George School), Mary Lambert (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) and Becca Smith (Leesburg, Va./Heritage) all had two goals to their credit before the visiting Bobcats (1-10) got on the scoreboard for the first time on a goal by Erin Guthall 10:10 into the contest. The Gophers (8-7) tallied the final eight goals of the first half and the first five of the second period to take a 21-1 lead before Guthall stuck her second goal with :51 remaining to close out the scoring.

Khin contributed five goals to the victory, raising her team-leading total for the season to 62. Smith finished with four goals and six assists, making her the first Goucher player with at least 10 points in a game since Marlo Tersigni's seven-goal, four-assist performance against Sewanee on March 18, 2009.

Goucher unleashed 31 shots compared to just seven for the first-year Division II program.

The Gophers, who were coming off a 25-17 triumph over Susquehanna just four days earlier, surpassed 20 goals in back-to-back games for the first since they defeated Frostburg St., 23-13, and Stevenson, 23-3, three days apart in April 2005.

In their eight victories so far this season, head coach Katie Trainor's squad is averaging 18.3 goals; in their seven losses, that figure drops to 8.3.