Sohrabi Earns 300th Career Victory as Radford Downs Mount St. Mary's

Saturday, August 31

Emmitsburg, MD

1:00 PM

Radford University

4-1-0, 0-0-0

Mount St. Mary's

2-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Radford	1	1	2
Mount St. Mary's	0	0	0

Photo by: Rob Simmons

Sohrabi Earns 300th Career Victory as Radford Downs Mount St. Mary's

8/31/2024 3:40:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford women's soccer program picked up their first road win of the season 2-0 over Mount St. Mary's Saturday afternoon thanks to a pair of goals from Helena Willson and Lilly Short. The victory marked a historic milestone for head coach Ben Sohrabi as it was his 300th with the Highlanders.

KEY STATS

Willson's goal wound up as the game-winner and was her first of the season and tenth in her career.
Lilly Short continues to stay red hot adding yet another goal today, her sixth of the season.
Jordan Phillips came up big in the net for Radford on the day posting another shutout collecting five saves.
Radford played a disciplined match drawing no cards and earning four less fouls than the Mount.
Radford's shots continue to land on goal this season with 9 of 19 doing so today.

PLAY BY PLAY
After two impressive home victories last week, Radford kept the offensive intensity rolling into their road match-up today. Through the first half, Radford outshot their opponent 10-4 earning three corners.

In the 26th minute, it was Willson who would give Radford the only goal they'd need in the match. From about 30 yards out, Willson took a pass from Caitlyn Nottingham and left no doubt with an absolute bullet into the top of the net for the 1-0 lead.

Coming out for the second half, the Highlanders kept rolling. Despite a renewed Mount St. Mary's attack that saw four shots come on goal in the half, Radford was able to add another goal to seal the deal. Paige Olson placed a perfect cross that found the head of Short who completed the perfect play to double the lead.

From there, the Highlanders played a stout defense for their eventual third straight shutout. Mount St. Mary's would draw two yellow cards in the 71st and 75th minute as Radford's defense didn't budge for the 2-0 final.

NOTABLES

Radford remains unbeaten against Mount St. Mary's with a 7-0-1 all time record
The win for Sohrabi was the 300th in his career. The historic Highlander leader needed just 10 years to secure his next milestone after passing win 200 in 2014.
Short's six goals currently lead all Big South players so far this season.
Olson's assist also moved her into first for assists among Big South players.

UP NEXT
The Highlanders stick to the road for their next contest when they head to Boone, N.C. to take on Appalachian State on Thursday, September 5th on ESPN+.

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