UT MARTIN SOCCER BLANKS LINDENWOOD FOR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN OF THE SEASON

Thursday, October 5

St. Charles, Mo.

7 pm

UT Martin

4-6-3, 1-1-2

Lindenwood

3-9-1, 1-4-0

UT Martin

Lindenwood

UT MARTIN SOCCER BLANKS LINDENWOOD FOR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN OF THE SEASON

10/5/2023 10:26:00 PM | Soccer

Box Score Stats PDF

ST. CHARLES, Mo.- The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team posted their first shutout of the season with a 3-0 Ohio Valley Conference victory over Lindenwood.

UT Martin had three different goal scorers with Abbie McHenry, Izzy Patterson and Peyton Cook each finding the back of the net in the first conference triumph for the Skyhawks under head coach Mike Varga.

Patterson led the charge for UT Martin with a season-high five shots while Cook blistered three shots on frame. In shots it was McHenry (two), Rachel Okoro (two), Jenny Enriquez (one), Makayla Robinson (one), Catey Hunt (one) and Brooke Kala (one) that kept the Lions' defense on their toes.

The defense from the Skyhawks formed an orange and blue wall in front of the net. Goalkeeper Poppy Bastock secured her first shutout of the season by snaring two saves while facing eight shots. Shayla Addington, Allie Buchmann, Gwen Walters, Hunt and Bastock played the full 90 minutes.

The Skyhawks got on the board in the 26^th minute with McHenry scoring her first goal of the season to give UT Martin the 1-0 lead. Just seven minutes later, Patterson found the top left corner to make it 2-0 before halftime. In the second half, Cook would score the final goal of the contest in the 80^th minute to finish off the Lions, 3-0.

"It was great to get three points on the road," said Skyhawk head coach Mike Varga. "Every result at this time of year is so important and we were ready to play from kickoff. We moved the ball well in the first half and put our chances away which is exactly what we needed to do. The team defending was exceptional tonight and I loved our effort from start to finish."

UT Martin will return home on Sunday, Oct. 8 to go head-to-head with Eastern Illinois at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.