Behind the first two career goals from junior Angelee Rodriguez, the fourth-ranked Case Western Reserve University women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over Baldwin Wallace University on Tuesday night at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.

The Spartans finished non-conference play with a record of 10-0-1, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 1-7-2.

Stats and Standouts

• CWRU scored four times in the first half and once in the second period
• Rodriguez netted her first career goal with 18 seconds remaining in the first stanza and added the second in the 75th minute
• Seniors Mackenzie Mueller, Maggie Farra, and Andrea Silva added goals for Case Western Reserve with senior Alexis Sassower and first-year Izzy Probst earning assists
• Sophomore goalkeeper Ellie Palaian recorded her ninth shutout of the season, saving one shot in 90 minutes of action

First Half

• Mueller got the Spartans on the board quickly in the game, scoring the first goal after just 110 seconds
• Senior Molly Shamah sent a pass to the middle of the box that Sassower hit toward the net
• The goalkeeper saved the shot with a dive, but Mueller was there to fire in her third goal of the season
  
• Sassower was credited with her team-leading seventh assist of 2025
• 10 minutes later, Farra doubled the team's advantage with her 10th goal of the season
• She dribbled near the top of the box and sent a hard shot that was deflected into the back of the net
  
• The Spartans were held off the scoreboard until the 42nd minute when Silva netted her third goal of the season
• A corner kick by first-year Emily Callanen bounced around in the box close to the net and found the foot of Silva
• The senior took a step back and confidently finished with a shot in the lower right corner
  
• Probst found Rodriguez in a similar position with 20 seconds left in the opening stanza, and the junior hit a shot that could not be handled for the team's fourth tally of the game
• Probst earned her fourth assist of the season

Second Half

• The Spartans continued to apply offensive pressure in the second half, outshooting the Yellow Jackets 19-1 in the final period
• Rodriguez found the back of the net for a second time in the 75th minute
• She received a pass near the top of the box, evaded a pair of defenders, and shot the ball while falling into the back of the net

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans improved to 18-5-2 all-time against the Yellow Jackets, including wins in the last five meetings
• CWRU extending its undefeated streak in regular season non-conference games to 63, improving to 58-0-5 in those contests since 2018. With no more scheduled regular season non-conference games, the streak will extend to 2026
• The Spartans are undefeated through their first 11 games of the campaign for the fifth consecutive season
• Palaian, who leads Division III with nine shutouts, is one clean sheet shy of tying the Case Western Reserve single-season record
• Farra became the 10th Spartan to score at least 10 goals in a single season, a feat most recently accomplished by Camryn Hartman (14) and Helina VanBibber (10) in 2022. The program record for goals is 15 by Anika Washburn in 2021
• First-year Madison Humenik made her collegiate debut in the game, playing 15 minutes
• 25 Spartans played in the contest
• CWRU outshot BW 37-2 in the game, including a 21-1 edge in shots on goal
• Case Western Reserve has scored 46 times this season, tied for the third most in program history. The 2019 and 1995 squads both scored 46 times

Up Next

CWRU begins conference play with a home matchup against the 13th-ranked University of Rochester on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. All eight members of the University Athletic Association are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll.