Belmont Abbey seniors Rebecca Mateo and Connie Axiotis both scored two goals as the Crusaders women's soccer team earned an easy 5-1 win over the visiting Barton College Bulldogs this afternoon at Alumni Field. The homestanding Abbey evens its record to 6-6 overall and 5-1 in Conference Carolinas, while Barton drops to 2-7 overall and 2-6 in Conference Carolinas.

The Abbey controlled the game from the start, scoring its first three goals in the opening 13 minutes. Mateo scored the first two goals of the match, the first just 3:46 in as she volleyed home a Kristin Foster corner kick for her third goal of the year. Eight minutes later, Mateo stretched the advantage to 2-0, capping a brilliant passing effort that started with an Alana Ryczek cross into the box for Ananda Gebreyesus, who tapped the ball to her left to an unmarked Mateo, where she one-timed the ball into the net for her third goal in the last two matches.

Two minutes later, Ryczek picked up another assist as her crossing pass found the head of Nicole Voets. Her redirection beat goalkeeper Carson Moore for the goal.

12 minutes later, Axiotis scored the first of her two goals as Voets fed her a long through ball down the left flank, where Axiotis ran it down, beat a defender and was left with a one on one with Moore, and her shot powered underneath Moore's outstretched arms for the goal.

Shortly before halftime Barton got on the board as Taylor Parrish ran down a long corner kick and deposited a high arcing shot into the top right corner of the net for the score.

The Abbey's lead stayed a 4-1 until the 61st minute when Axioits struck again, using an Alexa Hale chip pass over the head of Moore, where Axiotis tapped in an easy shot from the six yard box into the open net for the score.

Belmont Abbey thoroughly dominated the final statistics, outshooting Barton 38-7 and holding a 5-1 edge in corner kicks.