GOLDEN, Colo. – Back at home and in search of their first RMAC win of the new year, the #20 Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team lined up opposite Black Hills State Friday night on the first day of Homecoming weekend and delivered a performance for the record books. The Orediggers (5-2-2, 1-1-1) controlled the match from whistle to whistle, scoring five times in the first half and adding another three in the second to down the Yellow Jackets (3-5-0, 1-2-0) 8-0.
 
It was all Mines from the opening whistle, as the home team took control early and got the offense going early and often, putting up three shots in a span of 66 seconds in the fifth minute before Reese McDermott scored the first goal of the night in the seventh, taking a pass between defenders from Afton Rasco after a BHSU turnover deep in their own end and finding the back of the net to make it 1-0 Mines early.
 
It took less than two minutes for the Orediggers to double their lead to 2-0, when Natalie Rouse connected with a header on a corner kick from Landry Corbett, going top shelf on the near post as the floodgates started to open.
 
The Yellow Jackets' lone shot of the period came in the 16th minute, when Makaiah Carlson looked to sneak one past Sadie Wolf just inside the far post, but the Mines sophomore was there to make the save. The shots kept coming for the Orediggers, as some near misses and some saves were followed by another goal by McDermott, who stole the ball away from a BHSU defender near the midline before racing down the field, making a move on the goalie Morgan Wood and scoring a nearly uncontested goal for her second of the night in the 27th minute.
 
Freshman Bella Campos got in on the action within three minutes of checking into the match, as after having a goal called back for being offsides, she got together with Ellise Putnam, who forced a turnover and charged up field to play a beautiful ball ahead through traffic where Campos was able to finish with the right foot from about 12 yards out to make it 4-0 in the 34th minute.
 
The final goal of the half came on a defensive miscue by the Yellow Jackets, as an attempt to play the ball back to the keeper from near midfield in the 42nd minute misfired and saw it roll across the line for an own goal to make it 5-0, as that would be the score after 45 minutes of play.
 
With two goals to her credit already, it didn't take McDermott long to find her third at the start of the second half, teaming up with Putnam to make it 6-0, finishing with the right foot on a pass to the top of the penalty area in the 48th minute. The night's seventh goal wasn't far behind, as in the 55th minute, as Emily O'Connor played a ball in from the far side to the top of the box for Putnam, who one-touched it through a pair of defenders to Campos for the finish as she scored her second goal of the evening.
 
Emma Carstens, making her season debut in goal in the second half, made her only save of the night in the 58th minute against Katy Vinton as the rest of the half saw both sides empty their benches and play out the stretch. One of those substitutions of the Orediggers, Kate Clady, concluded scoring matters in the 88th minute, as she was able to finish off a pass into the box from the near side end line by Kaitlyn Manalili with a header down past the goalie to make it 8-0 and get Mines into the win column in conference play.
 
NOTABLES
-McDermott's hat trick was the second of career, the first coming last season against Midwestern State on August 27 of last season
-McDermott now has 29 career goals, passing Nicole LaTourette (2016-19) for third all-time in program history; she now also has 65 career points to tie LaTourette for fourth all-time in that category, while now trailing behind LaTourette by one in game-winning goals with eight
-Rouse's goal was her fourth of the season, all of which have come on set pieces
-Campos recorded the first multi-goal game of her young college career and now has six goals on the season, tied for the team lead with McDermott
-Clady's late second half header was the first goal of her career as an Oredigger
-Finley Ewald made her Mines debut in the match, coming off the bench to start the second half and logging 45 minutes
-Putnam becomes the first Oredigger with three assists in a game since Laure Butler did so against Midwestern State last season and joins her and former Orediggers Jordan Barnhart and Megan Whitworth for the most assists in a single match in program history
-Five different players tallied an assist in the match, as Rasco, Corbett, O'Connor and Manalili each had one
-Wolf and Carstens combined for the shutout, each making one save in the match
-Mines ended the night with 29 total shots with 18 on goal as 13 different players had at least one attempt
-The eight goals scored in the match tied for the third-most in program history and last occurred on September 6, 2012 against Eastern New Mexico
-The seven assists in the match are tied for the second-most in professional and also occurred in the match with ENMU back in 2012 mentioned above
-The eight-goal margin of victory fifth time the Orediggers have achieved that feat in program history
 
UP NEXT
The Orediggers take on Regis on Sunday at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon will also be Senior Day for the Orediggers, who will recognize this year's class in a pre-match ceremony.
 
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