HAMPTON, Va. – Freshman Sarah Bonney earned the first 12 points of her career, tied for the 13^th-highest single-match scoring output in NCAA history, to lead the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's soccer team to an 11-0 victory over Hampton University on Friday at Pirate Soccer Field.
 
Bonney is the 30^th player in NCAA history to record at least 12 points in a match.
 
Bonney broke the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) record for points in a match with a WAC record-tying five goals, including the first hat trick (three goals), the first haul (four goals) and the first glut (five goals) in program history, and two assists.
 
Bonney now leads UTRGV (6-2-1) in scoring after attempting a program record nine shots, all of which were on goal.
 
The 11 goals are not only the most UTRGV has ever scored in a match, but also more than UTRGV has ever scored in any two contests combined and as many as UTRGV has scored in its three previous highest scoring matches combined. The 11-goal margin of victory is the largest in program history. The previous records for scoring and margin of victory were four, set in 4-0 road wins over Prairie View A&M (8/28/16) and Grambling State (8/29/14).
 
It was also UTRGV's sixth shutout in seven matches.
 
UTRGV has now surpassed last season's win total of five and matched the program record for road wins of four, set in 2014. UTRGV has now scored 23 goals this season after scoring 15 last season.
 
UTRGV attempted a program record 43 shots, including a program record 28 shots on goal, while holding Hampton to one shot, which senior Maria Eriksen saved in the opening minute of the second half. Junior Harlingen South alum Erica Gonzlaez (2-1-1) played a scoreless first half.
 
Bonney's first goal was the game-winner, coming at 9:04 off a pass from senior Evelyn Powell. Bonney and sophomore Malia Irvine assisted on a goal by junior Hanna Spets at 11:00, and then at 13:56, Bonney scored off a feed from junior Marcela Ramirez to make it 3-0.
 
Bonney scored again off a long punt from Eriksen to make it 6-0 at 64:10 and then assisted on freshman Diana Ansah's first-career goal at 69:28.
 
Ansah returned the favor by feeding Bonney in the box for a goal to make it 10-0 at 78:08. Bonney completed the scoring eight minutes later on a rebound off Hampton (1-3-1) goalkeeper Katelyn Tucker, who made five saves while playing the final 11:30 in relief of Maya Andrews (1-3-1), who made 17 saves.
 
After going up 3-0 in the first 14 minutes, UTRGV was held off the board until the first five minutes of the second half, when Spets scored off a Powell corner kick.
 
It was Spets' second-career two-goal match. Powell finished with two assists, giving her twice as many as she had last year.
 
Senior Elisa Espino, who scored two goals last season, scored her first two goals of this season, first off a touch from sophomore Diandra Aliaga during a scramble in front at 53:27 to make it 5-0, and then on an Ansah feed during a breakaway at 75:30.
 
Ansah finished with the first four points of her career.
 
Senior Sheridan Becanic added her first goal of the season off a rebound at 73:21 to make it 8-0.
 
UTRGV is back in action on Sunday at 11 a.m. at South Carolina State.

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