QUINCY, Ill. | Legends Stadium - McKendree University women's soccer (10-1-3, 6-1-3 GLVC) collected three more points in the league standings, defeating the Quincy Hawks in commanding fashion, 5-0. The Bearcats were led by senior forward
Anna Stiffler, who fired two goals on her way to breaking McKendree's NCAA Division II goal mark, totaling 39 in her career so far. McKendree will play its final regular season road game on Sunday, October 22, in a tough battle at Illinois Springfield.
McKendree took nearly no time in route to the lead at Legends Stadium as Stiffler fired a score in the second minute off a deep ball from junior defender
Maria Voss. The goals put McKendree up 1-0 while it put Stiffler in a tie for the Bearcats' NCAA Division II mark for career goals at 38. Former women's soccer standout Sydnee Carroll tallied 38 goals from 2015-2019; Carroll still holds the mark for single-season scores with 17 in 2016. Following-up the first and eventual game-winner, Stiffler managed the record-breaking goal in the 11th minute of action as she got a dish-out from junior forward
Lena Higgins. The goal was Stiffler's ninth of the season and 39th of the forward's career. Rounding-out the first half for the Bearcats was sophomore forward
Abigail Simon who scored an unassisted goal in the 36th minute, which put McKendree up 3-0 over the Hawks.
McKendree's second half did not see the Bearcats letting up as they fired two more scores to own the contest. In the 64th minute, senior midfielder
Katie Spotanski added her third goal of the year with assists by freshman midfielder
Maggie Gleckler and junior forward
Gillian Nicholson. McKendree finished-off the game in the 78th as freshman forward
Aubrey Andrews went for her first collegiate score while Gleckler dished-off the assist. McKendree held off the Hawks for the shutout victory, 5-0.
Senior goalkeeper
Abby Tucker grabbed a pair of saves in the shutout win.
SCORING
2nd | #21
Anna Stiffler via #9
Maria Voss
11th | #21
Anna Stiffler via #10
Lena Higgins
36th | #7
Abigail Simon, unassisted
64th | #8
Katie Spotanski via #39
Maggie Gleckler, #12
Gillian Nicholson
78th | #30
Aubrey Andrews via #39
Maggie Gleckler
NOTES
McKendree notched its eighth-straight double-digit win season with its last under-10 win campaign coming in 2015.
Senior forward
Anna Stiffler put her name in the McKendree history books with the Bearcats' NCAA Division II career goal record now in her possession at 39. Stiffler topped former McKendree standout Sydnee Carroll's record of 38 goals (2015-19).
With the win, McKendree sits tied for second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with 21 points behind six wins and three draws. The Bearcats have three games remaining with a possible nine points to be collected.
UP NEXT
McKendree is off for its final regular season road matchup on Sunday, October 22 at Illinois Springfield with a 12PM kick-off.
