Belmont Abbey senior midfielder Rebecca Mateo and sophomore forward Ananda Gebreyesus both scored two goals, while senior midfielder Nicole Voets and freshman forward Simone Melvin added another as the Crusaders women's soccer team earned their third-straight win with a 6-0 shutout of the visiting Converse Valkyries this afternoon before a homecoming crowd of 415. The Crusaders move to 7-6-1 overall and 6-1 in Conference Carolinas, while Converse drops to 0-11-1 overall and 0-7-0 in Conference Carolinas.

The Crusaders scored five of their goals in the second half as it outshot Converse 24-1 in the contest. Gebreyesus gave the Abbey an early lead in the 13th minute with an assist from Nicole Voets.

That was all of the scoring until the 60th minute when Mateo struck for the first time sending home a shot off of a corner kick to extend the lead to 2-0. Less than three minutes later, Gebreyesus struck again with an unassisted tally to move the edge to 3-0.

Six minutes later, Mateo struck again for her sixth goal in the last three matches, burying a shot from the top of the box at the 68:07 mark.

Voets made it 5-0 at the 76:36 mark with a header goal, and Melvin closed the scoring at the 79:07 mark with a 25-yard laser for her first career goal.

In addition to the shots edge, the Crusaders took all nine corner kicks in the contest.