Hillsboro, MO – Freshman Rose Blampain (Saint-Martin Boulogne, France/Lycée Professionnel Alphonse Beau de Rochas) tallied two goals to help the Indian Hills Women's Soccer team overcome an early deficit en route to a 4-1 victory at Jefferson College (MO) on Sunday. The Warriors improve to 1-1-2 on the year.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Blampain connected on her first collegiate goal in the 48th minute to tie the game. Blampain struck again 12 minutes later for the go-ahead goal before Milena Leon (Quito, Ecuador/British International School of Houston) and Rocío Criado (Madrid, Spain/North Cross School) added two insurance goals five minutes apart as the Warriors picked up their first win of the year.
"We had a slow start today - mentally we had to battle through some things," stated head coach Jon Hussak. "The team responded well to start the second half - they came out with a better mentality and a drive to play. The amount of pressure and time we had on the ball, it was only a matter of time before we found the back of the net. It's really important we build off of these goals and have momentum going into our next match."
Freshman María Melendez (Aragua, Venezuela/Aragua Estudiantil) stopped five shots in the win for the keeper's first collegiate victory at Indian Hills.
As a team, the Warriors tallied 19 shots, including 13 on goal. Indian Hills also added five corner kicks on Sunday.
Blampain's first goal to open the second half came on an assist from Criado and Maika Nchana (Barcelona, Spain/INS Torras I Bages). Sage Prince (Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary's Catholic Secondary) assisted Blampain's second goal while Leon's strike came unassisted. Nchana added a second assist on the Warriors' final goal to Criado.
The Warriors return home to take on Western Iowa Tech Community College at 3:00 PM on August 30.
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