LA GRANDE, Ore. - No. 13 Eastern Oregon Women's Soccer pushed its win streak to six with another dominant win Friday night inside Community Stadium. The Mountaineers shutout Bushnell University, 5-0, to improve to 6-1-0 overall and 3-0-0 in conference play.

How it Happened
• The Mountaineers posted double-digit shots in both periods to finish with 25 and held the Beacons (2-5-0, 0-2-0 CCC) to just nine in 45 minutes of action. Eastern had two goals in the first period and three in the second to secure another home win.
• The Beacons had a chance to potentially end the Mountaineers shutout streak as a foul inside the penalty area led to a PK attempt in the fourth minute. Maintaining composure, freshman Madeline Barker made the save to keep Bushnell scoreless.
• Quick movement from the Mountaineers offense set the tone early as they scored the first of their five goals in the 17th minute. A shot from Lindsay Balkenbush on the right side less than 20 yards out gave EOU the 1-0 edge and her third goal of the season.
• The lead grew to 2-0 in the 26th minute as Kana Mateaki scored a goal for the second straight game. She played a quick pass from Chloe Flynn to find the back of the net. Flynn's assist is her first of the season, while Mateaki's goal was her first of two on the night.
• Eastern took a 2-0 lead into halftime as the team tallied 10 shots total and had three come on goal. Defensively, the Mounties did allow Bushnell to take seven shots and three came on goal. In the second period, EOU's defense was stout, allowing just two shots.
• Goal No. 3 of the match came in the 58th minute for the Mountaineers. Joining the scoring party was Katie Arnold who scored from less than 10 yards out in the middle portion of the penalty area. Her goal came off an assist from Morgan Farrington to make it a 3-0 game.
• Mateaki pushed the lead to 4-0 for EOU in the 70th minute. She got within 15 yards and was able to fire a shot on a quick pass from a pair of teammates. Kayla Storm and Natalie Goeth were credited with the assist as Mateaki posted her second goal of the contest.
• The Mountaineers needed just one minute to bring the score to its final of 5-0. Kaitlyn McLeod scored in the 71st minute on a shot from nearly 40 yards out that was just past the goalkeeper's reach. The Mountaineers then ran the clock out to secure the home win.

Mountaineers Stat Leaders
• Kana Mateaki paced the offense with two goals scored and did so on just two shot attempts.
• Katie Arnold led the way in total shots with six to go along with a goal scored.
• Lindsay Balkenbush had the gamewinning goal and finished with one shot that came on goal.
• Kaitlyn McLeod rounded out the scoring with a goal scored and also took just one shot.
• Morgan Farrington finished with five shots with two coming on goal to go along with an assist.
• In net, Madeline Barker tallied four saves to improve to 6-0-0.

For the Beacons
• Karla Cardinal paced the offense with five shots and had three come on goal. 
• Brooke Molina posted two shots in the loss and had one come on goal.
• Goalkeeper Anabel Hernandez had a game-high six saves in the loss. 

By the Numbers
6 - The Mountaineers have now won six straight games with each one coming via shutout.
2 - Kana Mateaki has now scored two or more goals in each of the last two contests.
11 - EOU has now won each of its last 11 games at home, dating back to the 2019 season.
35 - The Mountaineers are now 35-5-6 in CCC matches under Jacob Plocher.
21 - Eastern is now 21-1-0 inside Community Stadium since the team started playing there in 2018.
11 - Kaitlyn McLeod scored her 11th career goal in Friday's win.

Up Next
• The Mountaineers are back home tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 25 as they will host Corban University. Kickoff against the Warriors is set for 7:30 p.m. PT inside Community Stadium.

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