GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's soccer team scored four times in a six-minute span Wednesday night on the way to a 6-1 home win over Allegheny in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Don Lyle Field. Grove City remains atop the conference with a 5-0-1 record, good for 16 points.

Senior midfielder Megan Mathes (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) opened the offensive outburst by scoring twice within two minutes. She scored her first goal at 9:00 after receiving a cross from junior forward Britta Lagerquist (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel). Mathes then doubled the lead at 10:52 with her third goal of the season. Senior forward Gianna D'Amato (Maywood, N.J./Hawthorne Christian) assisted Mathes' goal, which turned out to be the game-winner.

Grove City's lead swelled to 3-0 at 12:47 as junior forward Emma Herrmann (Hilton, N.Y./Paul V. Moore) recorded her team-leading ninth goal of the season. D'Amato and Lagerquist each assisted the goal. 

The first-half outburst concluded at 14:55 when junior midfielder Erin Venus (Medina, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) blasted in her first goal of the 2023 season. Senior midfielder Anna Jenkins (Lynchburg, Va./Lynchburg Christian) assisted the Venus goal.

Herrmann assisted both Grove City goals in the second half. Junior forward Natalie Merrick (Cranberry Township, Pa./Eden Christian) boosted the lead to 5-0 by scoring at 47:50. It is Merrick's second goal in as many matches as she also scored last Friday night at Geneva. 

Junior midfielder Lexi Zook (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) closed the scoring with her first goal of the season. She scored at 73:14 after collecting Herrmann's pass.

Allegheny's Emma Miller broke up the shutout with an unassisted goal at 86:17.

Grove City outshot Allegheny, 20-8, including a 14-7 edge in shots on goal. The Wolverines had six corner kicks while Allegheny (4-9, 2-4 PAC) netted a pair of corners.

Junior goalkeeper Courtney Lisman (Mars, Pa./Mars) stopped six shots to earn the win. She moved into sole possession of fourth place on Grove City's career list with 29 goalkeeping victories. 

Grove City owns a one-point lead over Westminster (5-1) in the conference race. The Wolverines defeated Westminster, 1-0, September 27 in New Wilmington. Waynesburg (4-1-2) has 14 points while Saint Vincent (4-1-1) has 13 points. The Wolverines have not yet played either of those squads. 

The Wolverines will visit conference foe Bethany at 7 p.m. Friday.