Site: High Point, N.C. (Vert Stadium)
Score: High Point 3, Winthrop 0
Records: HPU: 9-6-1 (8-0-1 Big South), WU: 6-6-1 (4-3-1 Big South) 
Next HPU Event: Wednesday, Oct. 23 – at Longwood (Farmville, Va.), 7 p.m.

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The High Point women's soccer team beat Winthrop 3-0 on Saturday afternoon (Oct 19). With the win High Point clinched the number one seed in the Big South tournament and at least a share of the Big South Regular Season Conference Championship. The victory also extended the Panther's win streak to eight in a row, which is the sixth longest win streak in the nation.

"To clinch the number one seed and turn around like this after a tough year last season, it makes me so proud of this group and the work that they have put in," head coach Brandi Fontaine said. "It started in the offseason in the spring and then all summer long, they came in as one of the fittest groups we have ever had. I am really proud to have this moment right now and share it with them. We have one more game to go and we are looking forward to that game and we have to finish strong and take it to the end. All of this will be even more special if we can take it all the way to the end." 

Three different Panthers scored for High Point in its' 3-0 win. Emma Schossler put HPU on the board first in the 15th minute. Neither team could find an advantage in the first fifteen minutes as play was extremely even. Schossler shifted the momentum in favor of High Point as she was able to head the ball in on the Panther's first corner kick of the game. Schossler was assisted by Sam Gerhart, the play was initiated by Juliette Vidal who took the corner. Schossler tied the team-high for goals when she netted her fourth on Saturday.

Lauren Mazich applied extra pressure on Winthrop as she scored in the 38th minute of the first half. Mazich was assisted by Ashlyn Kearney and Keagan Bragg. Mazich's second goal of the season gave the Panthers a two-goal lead heading into halftime. 

The Panthers found their third goal in the 81st minute as Charla Ward scored her 2nd goal of the season and gave HPU a 3-0 lead over the Winthrop. Sydney Colby assisted Ward's goal. 

Senior goalkeeper Talia Klimes recorded her fifth shutout of the season in a five-save effort against Winthrop.

Up Next
The first-place Panthers play in their final regular-season game of the year as they travel to Farmville to take on Longwood on Wednesday (Oct 23).