Ottumwa, IA – Mickey Stephens (Centerville, IA/Centerville) put on a scoring clinic for the Indian Hills Women's Soccer team on Wednesday as the freshman netted four goals in a 6-1 victory over Southeastern Community College. Indian Hills improves to 4-1-0 overall on the year.

Leading by just one at halftime, the Warriors received an offensive boost from Stephens after the intermission. Stephens broke free early in the opening minutes of the second half, scoring a pair of goals in a five-minute span. Stephens added two more goals midway through the second half to put the game out of reach.

The four goals in a game are the second-most in school history for the Warriors as the freshmen becomes the sixth individual on record to score four goals in a game, and the 10^th such occurrence. The goals were the first of Stephens' collegiate career.

Indian Hills also received scoring efforts from Rebekah Gutierrez (Denver, CO/Klein Oak) and Dare Kroeten (St. Louis Park, MN/St. Louis Park) in the win, the third consecutive victory for the Warriors.

Freshmen Sara Cogoli (Erbusco, Italy/IIS Luigi Einaudi), this week's Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Goalkeeper of the Week, earned the win to improve to 4-0-0 on the year for the Warriors.

As a team, the Warriors fired 27 shots, including 17 on net. The Blackhawks managed just four shots on the Warrior defense, with only one on net.

Gutierrez opened up the scoring on Wednesday for the Warriors, scoring her second goal of the season in the 23^rd minute of the match. Gutierrez scored off an assist from Nagi Higashi (Osaka, Japan/Osaka Toin) to put Indian Hills up 1-0.

The Warriors carried its one-goal advantage into the second half until Stephens buried a deflection on a corner kick in the 49^th minute, the first goal of her career. Stephens followed up less than five minutes later by burying a loose ball rebound in the box to put the home team up 3-0.

Less than three minutes later, Kroeten took advantage of a Blackhawk turnover in the offensive third for and buried a shot for the sophomore's third goal of the season.

The Blackhawks eventually broke free for a goal in the 59^th minute, but Stephens once again found the back of the net just moments later. The freshman corralled a loose ball off a Southeastern turnover and put home the shot for the team's first hat trick of the season.

Stephens joined the Warrior record books in the 71^st minute after Gutierrez played a through ball into the middle of the field. A streaking Stephens beat the last line of defense and fired a shot past the keeper for the final tally of the afternoon.

The Warriors are back in action on Saturday afternoon with a trip to Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, IA at 3:30 PM.

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WARRIORS WIN! @IHCCSoccerWomen took its 3rd straight match with a 6-0 win over @SCC_Blackhawks today at IHCC Field. Freshman Mickey Stephens had 4 second-half goals. The Warriors (4-1) travel to Waterloo Saturday for a 3:30 match up with @HawkeyeRedTails at Cedar Valley Complex. pic.twitter.com/GdQYkC69sr

— IHCC Athletics (@IHCCAthletics) August 31, 2022