PAPILLION, Neb. -- Five different Bruins scored on Saturday afternoon as the Bellevue University women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Northwestern College.
The Bruins improve to 5-1-1 on the year while the Red Raiders slide to 2-3-0.
Bellevue dominated the first half but managed just one goal despite putting up 14 shots and peppering five on goal.
Emma Madej opened the scoring in the 28th minute with her eighth goal of the season. As a Northwestern defender saw a ball get too far away from her, Madej pounced and dibbled in to about 15 yards out and shot low for the 1-0 lead.
Bellevue scored twice in the first 3:15 of the second half to seize firm control of the contest.
Ella Pelletier bagged her third goal of the year in the 48th minute and Claudia Gallegos added her first in the 49th minute. Pelletier took a pass from Madej and banked a shot off a defender's leg to double the lead. A minute and six seconds later Gallegos tapped in a corner kick from Ximena Jauregui using her calf.
Jauregui scored a goal of her own to push the lead to 4-0 in the 70th minute. Layla Vazquez found Jauregui with a pass and she dribbled in and beat the keeper with a low shot. It was her fourth strike of the season.
Kaycee Driever put an exclamation mark on the victory, scoring in the 89th minute when Jauregui sent a corner kick from and Driever ran onto it to blast it home.
Alessia Ricciardi made four saves to earn her third shutout of the year.
Abby Bastian stopped nine shots in the loss as BU out-shot Northwestern 29-8 overall and 14-4 on goal, collecting 15 corner kicks to NWC's one.
Bellevue travels to Oklahoma City next Saturday for a 5 p.m. kick-off at Mid-America Christian University (5-0-0).
