KENOSHA, WIS.—The Carthage College women's soccer team faced Aurora University in a Sunday matinee at Art Keller Field, where they registered a 4-1 victory. The win kept Aurora's winless 2017 season intact. All of Carthage's goals in the contest came from a different player, the third time that's occurred this season. Talia Jaramillo, Anna McHatton, Kelsey Dejno and Darcy Stoecklin (penalty kick) each tallied goals for a Lady Reds team that outshot the Spartans by a 3:1 ratio (15-5). Stoecklin, who laced two shots, was the lone Carthage player with multiple shots in the contest.
 
Carthage improves their record to 5-2, 0-0 CCIW while Aurora falls to 0-6, 0-0 NACC. The Lady Reds now own a three-game win streak.
 
"It's nice to have people find the back of the net and gain confidence of scoring as we continue to prepare for each game leading up to conference season starting at the end of September," said Lady Reds head women's soccer coach Sara Meyer.
 
Lady Reds 4, Aurora 1
 
The Lady Reds capitalized on their first scoring opportunity following Taylor Stenmark's corner kick 15:15 into the contest. The kick landed on a herd of players before it found Erin Otto, who booted a pass that hit an Aurora defender and found Talia Jaramillo in front of the net. Jaramillo laced a one-time shot that beat Spartan goalkeeper Taylor Joiner in the 16^th minute to give Carthage a 1-0 advantage.
 
Anna McHatton made the score 2-0 in the 26^th minute after she possessed a pass from Maggie Washelesky 20 yards in front of the net on Joiner's right-hand side. McHatton slipped a Spartan defender 15 yards away before she saw a wide-open field, where she fired a shot to the back of the net.
 
The Lady Reds concluded the first half with a 7-1 advantage in shots. Kelsey Dejno tallied her team-leading sixth goal of the season in the 57^th minute to widen Carthage's advantage to 3-0 before a milestone occurred.  Stoecklin, who played in 60 career games prior to today, tallied her first career goal off a penalty kick in the 76^th minute to make the score 4-0.
 
The Spartans' spoiled Carthage's shutout bid when Kelsey King registered her first goal of the season in the 85^th minute to narrow the score to 4-1.
 
Lady Reds goalkeeper Emily Furmanek tallied zero saves in the complete-game victory, while Joiner notched five saves in 84:04 of work for Aurora.
 
The Lady Reds will return to action on Wednesday, September 20 at #2 University of Chicago. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.