ALMA, Mich. – The Kalamazoo College women's soccer team got an early lead and never looked back Tuesday at Alma College, winning 7-1.
The Hornets put a goal on the board early, with Kearsten Schultz drilling a goal from the edge of the box off of a cross from Callie Abair in the sixth minute.
In the 13th minute, Ruby Hogan connected on a header off a corner kick by Maeve Nolan to make it 2-0 Kalamazoo.
On another corner kick in the 35th minute, Nolan found Hogan once again to head it into the back of the net. Hogan finished off the hat trick before halftime with yet another header from a corner kick, this time with the assist from Lexi Gross, in the 42nd minute.
Alma scored in the 48th minute to break up the shutout early in the second half.
Sydney DeKuiper answered with a goal in the 70th minute, picking up a rebound and booting it through the left side of the net to make it 5-1. Hogan then found Kate Klahorst in the box for a right-footed blast for a goal in the 73rd minute.
Kalamazoo wouldn't stop, with Sawyer Lenon finding Ali Langlois breaking free behind the Scots' defense in the 75th minute, and Langlois won the one-on-one battle with the goalkeeper to score her first collegiate goal.
Jess Forbis made one save for her seventh win in a row and eighth of the season. The Hornets outshot Alma, 19-10 overall and 14-2 in shots on goal, taking 10 corners to five for the Scots.
Kalamazoo (8-2-1, 3-0 MIAA) finishes the current road trip with a nonconference matchup at Alverno College (1-8) on Saturday at noon (11 a.m. CT) in Milwaukee, Wis.
