[ By STEVE CARPENTER ]
[ HCC SPORTS INFORMATION ]
Photo courtesy of Joel Powers, HCC Sports Information
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 2016 Jayhawk West champion Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer team blitzed both the Pratt Beavers and the Blue Dragon record book on Tuesday as 11 team or individual records were broken and another was tied in a 23-0 Jayhawk West win at the Salthawk Sports Complex.
The No. 12-ranked Blue Dragons – The NJCAA Division I women’s soccer rankings were released during the game and Hutch moved up one spot – won its ninth consecutive contest to improve to 16-1 overall, 7-0 in the Jayhawk West and 11-0 in the Region VI West.
The Blue Dragons had a season-high nine different goal scorers in the game and a season-high 10 players hand out assists.
Sophomore Jordan Downing had a huge day with six goals, three assists and 15 total points. With her final goal of the game, Downing broke the Blue Dragons’ season-season record for goals scored (39) and points (101), becoming the first HCC women’s soccer player to amass 100 points in a season. Downing also reclaimed the NJCAA national goal scoring lead. Now with 23 assists, Downing tied Sheehy for second on HCC’s single-season assist list.
Downing’s six goals tied Melissa Hetherington for the second most in a game and her 15 points scored were second most scored by an individual. Downing’s 16 shots taken were a single-game individual high for Hutch soccer.
Hartshorn tied a Blue Dragon single-game record for assists with five helpers. Hartshorn tied Ciara Corboy (2008), Finola Corley (2010) and Pearl Slattery (2012) for the record. Hartshorn also tied a career high with four goals and her 13 total points tied Hetherington for third most points scored in a single game. Hartshorn had the team’s 19 goal of the game, which broke the 2009 record of 18 goals set against Independence.
The Blue Dragons smashed six team single-game records on Tuesday – goals scored (23), assists (23), points (69), goals in a half (15 in the second half), assists in a half (14 in the second half) and margin of victory (23). The 2016 Blue Dragons also broke a team season record for assists with 119.
Several other Blue Dragons had big days on Tuesday.
Freshman Sheena Nicol had her second-straight four-goal game and added two assists for 10 points. This was her third four-goal game of the season. The trio of Downing (39 goals), Nicol (25 goals) and Hartshorn (20 goals) become the first teammates to all score 20 goals in the same season.
Sophomore Jordan Smith had a career-high four assists on Tuesday, which tied for the fourth-most in a single game.
Sophomore Dayna Johnson scored two goals for the second-straight game. Her second goal tied the single-game goal-scoring record.
Freshman Mikayla Moresco posted her first two-goal game as did sophomore Georgia Warren, who had a career-high five points.
Sophomore Natalie Bianco and freshman Kaitlyn Moore both scored their first career goals. Bianco added two assists for a career-best four-point game.
Sophomore Madison Pollack had a goal and an assist. Freshman Louise Doherty tallied a season-high three assists. Chloe Flynn and Victoria Padilla each had an assist.
The Blue Dragons out-shot Pratt 66-1.
Freshman goalkeeper Ashley Main (5-0) played the first half and was credited with the win. Sophomore Caroline Howard played the second half. Neither keeper was forced to make a save as Hutchinson posted its third-straight shutout and 10th shutout of the season.
The Blue Dragons will close out the regular season on Friday in a 6 p.m. game at Garden City.