Box Score (HTML) | Season Statistics (HTML) | Photo Gallery WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The ninth-ranked Jennies concluded the 2014 regular season with a 4-0 victory over the Missouri Western Griffons on Senior Day Sunday afternoon.
With the victory, the Jennies (17-0-1, 14-0-0 MIAA) completed their second unbeaten regular season in program history and take a 15-game win streak into the MIAA Tournament next week.
Playing through a scoreless tie in the game's first half, the Jennies pulled out in front, 1-0 in the 55th minute when junior
Nicole Pond found fellow junior
Julie Ireland on the left side from about 15 yards out to beat the Griffons' goalkeeper.
Freshman
Taylor Thompson made it a 2-0 tally in the 66th minute, finding herself on the receiving end of a corner kick and curving the ball into the net.
UCM's third score came from Ireland in the 86th minute, her team-leading ninth goal of the season, drilling a shot from about 30 yards out from right center off a corner kick from Thompson.
The Jennies received some help from Missouri Western in the 89th minute when the ball deflected off the head of a Griffons' defender and into the back of the net, preserving the 4-0 win.
UCM's 15-game win streak to end the regular season is the second-longest in program history, matching the feat of the 2011 squad.
Jennies freshman goalkeeper
Ana Dilkes improved to 17-0-1, matching the Jennies' single-season record for wins by a keeper (Brook Cooley - 2010). She saved two shots and picked up her 10th shutout this season, a record for a freshman in UCM history.
Central Missouri will host the first round of the MIAA Tournament on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against an opponent to be determined.
