MUNCIE, IN - The Rockets throttled Ball State, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon in Muncie, IN to improve to 4-7-1 on the season. Redshirt freshman Hannah Scafaria and sophomore Kiersten Johnson each tallied a goal while UT was also assisted by a Ball State own goal early in the match.

"I'm thrilled for everyone to come away with a hard earned victory,” UT head coach Brad Evans said. “As we regain players lost through injury and finally add a bit of depth, you could see some of our quality shine through during the second half. Alexis Tice, Isa and Hannah played extremely well today. We have six games remaining and I hope we continue to improve and stay focused on the task at hand."

Each team recorded 14 shots with Toledo holding a 6-5 edge in shots on goal. Freshman forward Sophie Pohl paced the Rockets with five shots while fellow newcomer Bethany Thomas followed closely with three.

Junior goalkeeper Sam Tiongson was great between the posts, registering five saves for her fourth shutout win of the season.

The Toledo win snaps a six-game skid and is their first conference win of the season.

The Rockets opened up the game with some offensive pressure and forced the Cardinals into a critical mistake. Scafaria sent a cross into the box after a nice touch on the left side and the ball deflected off of a BSU defender and into the back of the net to give UT the early 1-0 lead.

Toledo continued to apply the pressure and broke through again in the 29th minute. Scafaria once again found space and fired a cross into the box to Johnson who converted the goal, giving the Rockets a two goal lead.

The second half was more of the same for the Ball State defense as Toledo tallied another goal just 15 minutes after the break.

Pohl dribbled down the left sideline and sailed a cross intro a sea of bodies. After a moment of chaos, Scafaria was able to get a touch and send it past the BSU keeper and into the net.

Tiongson and the defense kept the Cardinal attack at bay for the remainder of the game to earn an important three points in conference play.

“Today was a whole team effort,” Scafaria said. “We all came together and focused on what we had to do to get in behind the defense. We were able to get passes in behind the defense and get crosses off into the box, which created the scoring opportunities. I'm so proud of the team effort today.”

Toledo hits the road once again next weekend kicking things off with a match at Eastern Michigan on Friday, Oct. 10 at 4:00 p.m. and then will travel down I-75 for a battle with archrival Bowling Green on Sunday Oct. 12 at 1:00 p.m.

TOLEDO 3 BALL STATE 0

UT: Own goal, 5:54
UT: K. Johnson (Scafaria, Vinton), 28:56UT: Scafaria, 60:45

Shots: UT 14 Ball State 14
Corner Kicks: UT 2 Ball State 3
Saves: UT 5 Ball State 3