Hulke Leads Scots In Impressive Non-League Win

Stephanie Hulke's hat trick lifted the Scots to a 4-2 win over Wilmington

Stephanie Hulke registered the 11th hat trick in The College of Wooster's women's soccer history during the Scots' impressive 4-2 victory on Saturday (Sept. 8) against a tough non-league opponent in Wilmington College, the defending Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament champions.

Two of Hulke's goals came within the first 3:15 of the contest, both of which were assisted by junior Beth Hemminger, as Wooster bolted out to a 2-0 lead.

The Scots made it 3-0 midway through the opening half, when Hemminger became just the fourth player in the 17-year history of the program to record three assists in a game. She found freshman Bethany Reiner open on the right side, and Reiner booted in her first career goal.

Wilmington finally answered less than a minute later, but still went into halftime down by two.

Hulke opened up the scoring in the second stanza when she notched goal No. 3 off a free kick to give Wooster an insurmountable 4-1 advantage with 33:07 to play.

The Lady Quakers did pull within two later after converting a penalty kick.

Scot goalie Nicole Roman made five saves, while the defense in front of her consisting of starters Sara Austin, Nicole DeSantis, Kristine DeWitt, Janette Frederick, and Becca Stinson held Wilmington to just eight shots on the afternoon.

Wooster, which improved to 3-1-0 overall, continues its season-opening home stretch with a match against Baldwin-Wallace College on Monday (Sept. 10) at 5 p.m.