The Purdue Northwest women's soccer team delivered a dominant performance on the road Saturday afternoon, cruising past Truman State 4-0 at Bulldog Soccer Park.
The basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (1-0-1, 0-0-0), Truman State (0-1-1, 0-0-0)
- Location: Bulldog Soccer Park – Kirksville, Mo.
- Attendance: 112
Inside the numbers
- Sophomore Sophia Carbone (Danville, Calif./Monte Vista) scored her first goal of the season and was assisted by junior Avery Fraser (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester).
- Mia Davis (Naperville, Ill./Plainfield North) recorded her first goal of the season, with senior Nayla Pena (Edinburg, Texas/Robert Vela) earning the assist.
- Pena added a goal of her own, assisted by Natasha Tanner (Perth, Australia/Woodvale Secondary College).
- Senior Sarah Scaling (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) capped the scoring with her first goal of the season, assisted by senior Addison Thomas (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc).
- Purdue Northwest scored three goals in the opening 25 minutes and carried a 3-0 advantage into halftime.
- The Lions added another goal early in the second half to push their lead to 4-0.
- PNW's four goals came from four different goal scorers.
- The Lions' defense posted its first shutout of the 2026 season.
- Purdue Northwest was whistled for three cautions during the match.
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The breakdown
- Purdue Northwest wasted little time establishing control, with Carbone finding the back of the net in the fifth minute to give the Lions an early 1-0 advantage.
- Just under eight minutes later, Davis doubled the lead in the 13th minute, finishing off a feed from Pena.
- The Lions continued their offensive pressure as Pena scored in the 25th minute, with Tanner providing the assist to make it a 3-0 PNW advantage.
- Purdue Northwest took the three-goal lead into halftime, keeping Truman State off the scoreboard throughout the opening 45 minutes.
- The Lions picked up right where they left off after the break, as Scaling scored in the 50th minute on an assist from Thomas to extend the advantage to 4-0.
- PNW's defense remained strong throughout the remainder of the contest, preserving the shutout and securing the Lions' first victory of the season.
Up next
- Purdue Northwest returns home for the first time this season when they host Illinois Springfield on Wednesday, September 2. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. CT at Dowling Park in Hammond, Indiana.
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