PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Jenna Parsons (Windham, N.H.) tallied her first career hat trick and added an assist as Plymouth State University thundered past Rhode Island College, 6-0, in a Little East Conference (LEC) women's soccer match at a soggy Alumni Field on Sunday afternoon.
 
Battling a driving rain and gusting wind the Panthers scored three times in each half while junior Cat Robbins (Franklin, Mass.) and freshman Amaya Rogers (Waterbury, Vt.) combined to make eight saves for the shutout.
 
Parsons, a former goalkeeper herself, had a hand in four of the Panthers' goals, scoring in the 26th minute, assisting on PSU's third goal in the 45th minute and adding back-to-back goals in the 87th and 89th minutes to cap off her career day.
 
PSU (1-0, 1-0 LEC) wins its third straight contest against the Anchorwomen while RIC falls to 0-1 (0-1 LEC).
 
The Basics:

• Plymouth State 6, Rhode Island College 0
  • Plymouth State (1-0, 1-0 LEC)
  • Rhode Island College (0-1, 0-1 LEC)

Top Performers:

• Plymouth State
  • Jenna Parsons (3 goals, 1 ast, 7 pts)
  • Ashley Plante (game-winning goal)
  • Amaya Rogers (6 saves, combined shutout)

How it Happened:

• PSU got on the board in the 19th minute when a ball was played along the right sideline to freshman Ashley Plante (Concord, N.H.), who broke past the defense for a one-on-one with the keeper. Plante easily beat the goalie to give the Panthers a 1-0 advantage.
• Plymouth doubled the lead seven minutes later. RIC attempted to clear a corner, but the ball went right to junior Ashley Acevedo (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.), whose shot from 25 yards out was flicked by Parsons up and over the goalkeeper's head.
• The Panthers pushed the lead to 3-0 just before the half expired when Parsons served a corner into the box and sophomore Emily Haik (Westerly, R.I.) tapped the ball into an open net.
• Junior Sarah Hicks (Sutton, Mass.) got into the scoring in the 79th minute when she took a feed along the sideline, made a move around a defender and chipped a shot over the charging goalie.
• Parsons added her second of the afternoon in the 87th minute. After a nice run by junior Lizzy Bloch (Los Angeles, Calif.), the ball deflected to Parsons who scored in the top left corner.
• She completed the career day in similar fashion two minutes later, settling a loose ball just outside the box before firing a shot to the bottom left corner to account for the final score.

By the Numbers:

• RIC actually outshot the Panthers, 14-13, while PSU held a 4-1 edge in corners.
• Robbins (1-0) made two saves in the first half, while Rogers stopped six shots over the final 45 minutes for the combined shutout.
• PSU has won seven-of-eight meetings between the two teams, outscoring RIC by a 28-7 margin during that span.
• Coincidentally, the last time a Panther scored three times in a game came against the Anchorwomen (Oct. 12, 2019), when current senior Mallory Lloyd (Hartland, Vt.) tallied nine points on three goals and three assists.

Up Next:

• PSU visits Castleton University a week from Wednesday (Apr. 7) for a 7:00 p.m. contest with the Spartans starting at 7:00 p.m.