Bulldogs Blank Keydets 3-0 As Samford Dedicates Shauna Yelton Field

Friday, September 24

Birmingham, Ala.

7 PM

Samford University

4-3-2, 1-0-0

VMI

2-8-0, 0-1-0

Team	1	2	Final F
VMI	0	0	0
Samford	1	2	3

BOX SCORE (PDF)

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

Bulldogs Blank Keydets 3-0 As Samford Dedicates Shauna Yelton Field

9.24.21 | Women's Soccer

Box Score Photo Gallery

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Kylie Gazza, Mary Raymond and Kyla Reynolds pocketed a trio of goals to power the Bulldogs (4-3-2, 1-0 SoCon) of Samford University to a 3-0 victory over Virginia Military Institute (2-8, 0-1 SoCon) to open Southern Conference play on Friday, Sept. 24.

Prior to the game, Samford honored Shauna Yelton, the late wife of Todd Yelton, head coach, with the naming of the field at the Samford Soccer & Track Stadium in her honor. She lost her battle to cervical cancer in November of 2015. Shauna was a proud member of the Samford community, being the former Director of Health Services where she provided care to the campus community and its employees. She was also an avid fan of Samford Athletics, supporting not only the Samford soccer team, but all programs across the board.

BOX SCORE (PDF)

KEY PLAYS

In the 39^th minute of the first half, VMI's keeper Jillian Hall denied Audrey Kleiman's penalty kick to keep the match level, 0-0.
Kylie Gazza finally cashed in Samford's first goal of the night off of an assist by Nikki Barrio to put the Bulldogs up 1-0 at the break.
Mary Raymond put the Bulldogs up 2-0 in the 58^th minute of the second half, as her shot found the back of the net in the lower right corner. Kleiman's assist led to the second Samford goal.
Kyla Reynolds put the Bulldogs up 3-0 in the 75^th minute, as she found the back of the net off of Kleiman's second assist of the game.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford finished the first half with 11 shots, including five on goal. The Bulldogs also had seven corners in the first 45 minutes of action.
Grace Sommi and Ella Simpson each had two shots for the Bulldogs while Gabby Criscione had the Keydets' lone shot on goal.
Reynolds finished the match with four shots to lead the Bulldogs. Raymond and Taylor Yount had three shots each.
Hall faced 25 shots for VMI while making 10 saves.
Morgan McAslan saw just three shots with one save.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

The Samford women's soccer team will return to action on Sunday, Sept. 26, as the Bulldogs host UNC-Greensboro. Kickoff is set for 1 P.M. at Shauna Yelton Field.

FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS:
For the latest news and information on Samford women's soccer, visit the official website for Samford Athletics at SamfordSports.com. Fans can also follow the Bulldogs on social media at /SamfordSports (Facebook), @SamfordSoccer (Twitter), and @SamfordSoccer (Instagram).