Bettendorf, IA – No. 13 Indian Hills Women's Soccer picked up its seventh consecutive win to start the season as the Warriors downed Scott Community College 7-0 on the road.
The Warriors, who jumped two spots in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Women's Soccer poll on Tuesday, have now recorded three consecutive shutouts, outscoring their opponents 22-0 along the way. The Warriors have now scored 60 goals on the year to just two against.
"Defensively we had another good performance limiting Scott's chances," stated head coach Anthony Longo. "We had a good game in the midfield and along the backline. It was a good performance overall for us."
While the Warriors have used a bevy of scorers throughout the year to help claim the title as the top scoring team in the nation, the team relied on its top performers on Tuesday. Ikumi Okumura (Edogawa, Japan/Murata) tallied the first three goals of the match, all coming within a five minute span midway through the first half. Bailey Wiemann (Burlington, IA/Burlington) provided assists on the first two Okumura goals followed by a helper from Mifumi Sasanuma (Tokyo, Japan/Shutoku).
Georgie Lewis (Bowral, Australia/Bowral) found Risa Ogasawara (Yokohama, Japan/Hinomoto) for a score just before the halftime whistle to give Indian Hills a 4-0 lead at the break.
Wiemann extended her nation-leading point total with back-to-back goals in the 54th and 58th minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach. Sasanuma recorded her second assist of the night on the final score, a goal from Rachel Kaut (Pleasant Hill, IA/Southeast Polk).
Trisha Westphal (Lockridge, IA/Fairfield), this week's Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) DI Women's Soccer Goal of the Week, improved to 7-0-0 on the year with her fourth shutout.
Okumura has now scored in sixth consecutive games to take the lead as the nation's top goal scorer with 10 on the season. Wiemann leads the country with 27 points and nine assists on the year.
Next up for the Warriors is a home match with Northeast Community College at 5:00 PM Nov. 12.
"We're looking forward to Sunday's matchup against Northeast," Longo added. "They are a top team and the games in the past couple seasons have been spectacular matchups. This will be the first true test we have had this season. Lots of work to be done in practice the rest of the week."
SEVEN & OH! The No. 15-ranked @IHCCSoccerWomen kept their record unblemished at 7-0 with a 7-0 blanking of Scott this afternoon at TBK Bank Sports Complex in Bettendorf. The Warriors host @NortheastHawks Sunday at 5 p.m. at Schafer Field. #WeAreHills #WarriorNation ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/xDjyltFX1Q
— IHCC Athletics (@IHCCAthletics) September 7, 2021