By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The No. 24-ranked Washburn women's soccer team used a dominant four-goal second half to defeat Fort Hays State 5-1 on Friday night in Yager Stadium.
Sophomore Kate Hinck (7) had a goal and an assist in Friday's 5-1 MIAA win over Fort Hays State. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn improved to 8-1-1 overall and 4-1 in the MIAA while Fort Hays State fell to 2-7-1 and 0-5 in the conference.
Washburn had 29 shots in the match which tied the fifth most in a match in program history, when the Ichabods had 29 shots against Missouri Western Oct. 19, 2007.
Fort Hays state struck first in 13th minute when Lily Marshall found Berkley Sparks for her second goal of the season.
But five minutes later former Washburn Rural star Kate Hinck tied the match at 1-1.
Washburn outshot FHSU 13-1 in the first half but was unable to find the back of the net the remainder of the first half as the match went to halftime tied.
The Ichabods and Tigers were still deadlocked at 1-all going into the 74th minute before Lydia Keller scored her first goal of the season to give Washburn the 2-1 lead.
Grace Peterson scored shortly after in the 77th minute to extend the Ichabods lead before Bricelyn Betts and Haley Thomsen scored 32 seconds apart from each other to put the game away for Washburn.
Leah Henke had a pair of assists for the Ichabods while Hinck and Kylie Hinrichs also had assists.
Hinck led all players with five shots and three shots on goal.
Washburn out-shot FHSU 29-4, including 14-2 on goal.
Washburn has won three straight matches against Fort Hays State, dating back to Nov. 10, 2024.
The Ichabods will host Nebraska-Kearney in Yager Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m.
UNK picked up its first conference win on Friday, defeating Newman, 2-0.
