Behind the second hat trick in three games for senior Maggie Farra, the Case Western Reserve University women's soccer team easily won its third consecutive game to start the 2025 season, defeating crosstown rival John Carroll University 6-0 on Wednesday night at Don Shula Stadium in University Heights, Ohio.

The Spartans improved to 3-0-0 during the season, while the Blue Streaks dropped to 0-2-1.

Farra, who also scored three goals against Franciscan to open the campaign, is the first player in program history to record multiple hat tricks in their career or in a single season. She added an assist during the contest to match the program record of seven points set by former Spartan Anika Washburn against JCU on September 23, 2021.

First Half

• On the first shot of the game, Farra started scoring for the Spartans with her fifth tally of the season. She received the ball at the top of the box, beat one defender, and fired a left-footed shot into the lower corner of the goal
• Senior Ceci Dapino doubled the Case Western Reserve advantage in the 16th minute with her second strike of the year. Senior Alexis Sassower passed the ball into the box to sophomore Kinzly Gootman who sent a centering pass to Dapino. The senior sent a strike into the lower left corner of the goal and into the back of the net
• It was the third assist of the year for Sassower and the first of Gootman's career. Dapino notched her 11th career goal, and Sassower recorded her 10th career assist
• Seven minutes later, the Spartans struck again. Farra sent a long ball toward the end line that was saved by Sassower. She then sent a high cross to the back post, where senior Molly Shamah was running and connected with the ball. Her shot into the upper corner of the goal was unsavable and made the score 3-0
• For Shamah, it was her second goal of the season and the 12th of her career. Farra earned her first assist in the campaign
• Farra scored for the second time in the 29th minute, increasing the lead to four. She dribbled the ball about 10 yards down the field toward the box and fired from just outside the 18. The shot was deflected by a JCU defender into the back of the net

Second Half

• Senior Mackenzie Mueller netted the fifth goal of the night for Case Western Reserve in the 51st minute, dribbling unimpeded for about 15 yards toward the goal. She shot the ball from just outside the box into the lower corner for her second goal during the season and the ninth of her career
• Farra completed the hat trick less than four minutes later to make the score 6-0. She ran a give-and-go across the field with Shamah, receiving the ball on the run in the middle of the box about 10 yards from the goal. Farra deflected the pass into the back of the net for the score
• The Spartans had a 31-5 advantage in shots and a 15-3 edge in shots on goal during the game. In three games, Case Western Reserve is outshooting its opponents 108-8
• Sophomore Ellie Palaian played all 90 minutes in front of the net for CWRU, recording three saves to record her third shutout of the year. Gootman and first-year Mia Modrovich started the contest on the backline and were not substituted out

Spartan Notes

• CWRU set a program record for most goals in its first three games to start a season with 19. The Spartans defeated Franciscan 7-0 and Allegheny 6-0 to start the 2025 campaign. In 1992, the team opened the year by scoring 17 goals in three contests
• The 19 goals are the most in any three-game stretch in program history, besting the 18 Case Western Reserve scored in 1995. CWRU started the stretch with a 1-0 win over Carnegie Mellon on September 9, followed by 6-0 triumph over Muskingum on September 12 and an 11-0 victory over Lake Erie College on September 14
• The Spartans improved to 18-8-2 all-time against John Carroll in a series that dates back to 1990. CWRU earned revenge over the Blue Streaks for the last meeting between the teams in 2023 when John Carroll won 1-0 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at DiSanto Field
• Farra increased her career goals total to 15 and recorded the third multi-goal game of her career. Her seven goals this season lead the team and are the most in a single season for her career
• Sassower earned two assists in a single game for the first time in her career. It was the second multi-assist game for CWRU this season after Shamah also had two in the win over Franciscan
• Shamah recorded a goal and an assist in the same game for the first time in her career
• The Spartans extended their non-conference regular season undefeated streak to 55 games, going 51-0-4 in those contests dating back to 2018

Up Next

CWRU will visit Grove City, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon to face Grove City College at 1 p.m.