ELMHURST, Ill. - The Carthage College women's soccer team, after a 0-7-5 start to the season, has rattled off three consecutive wins over conference competition to secure a berth in the 2022 CCIW Women's Soccer Tournament. First-year goalkeeper Ainsley Stallworth, fresh off of a CCIW Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honor, recorded her third-straight shutout. 

The team will now regroup ahead of its first-round matchup in the CCIW Tournament, which will take place on Saturday, October 29 against the third-seeded Wheaton College Thunder in Wheaton, Illinois. Carthage earned the sixth seed with the 1-0 victory over Elmhurst, and will make its first appearance in the conference tournament since 2015. 



 

• Final Score: Carthage 1, Elmhurst 0. 
• Location: Langhorst Field - Elmhurst, Ill. 
• Records: Carthage 3-7-5 (3-4-1 CCIW), Elmhurst 0-16-0 (0-8-0 CCIW)

 

• The two teams played to a 0-0 score at the half, though Carthage outshot Elmhurst 8-0. 
• Carthage broke the stalemate in the 50th minute, as senior Jenny Garcia scored off of a Zaira Solis assist. 
• Carthage's defense held Elmhurst without a shot for the duration of the game, and the Firebirds failed to convert on 12 shots in the half, leading to the 1-0 victory. 

 

• Carthage's defense performed admirably, holding the Bluejays without a shot. 
• Senior midfielder Jenny Garcia scored her second career goal- her first of the season- in the contest. Garcia also took three shots (two on goal) in the game. 
• Senior defender Zaira Solis notched an assist against Elmhurst - the first of her accomplished career. 
• Sophomore defender Maggie Thom and junior defender Veronica Walker each took four shots (three on goal) tonight. Sophomore defender Leah Martin (two), junior midfielder Katie Talens (three), and first-year forward Jess Beymer (two) each took multiple shots as well. 

 

• #6 Carthage faces off with #3 Wheaton in the first round of the CCIW Women's Soccer Tournament this Saturday, October 29, in Wheaton, Ill.