Second Half Surge Leads TCU To Win

Sunday, September 16

Fort Worth, Texas

1:00 p.m. CT

TCU

7-1-1

Butler

6-3-0

Butler

TCU

Second Half Surge Leads TCU To Win

9/16/2018 3:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Kayla Hill registers hat trick in the victory

FORT WORTH – TCU used a five-goal outburst in the second half to topple No. 18 Butler 6-1 on Sunday at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. Senior Kayla Hill registered a hat trick in the win.

The Rundown
Kayla Hill's first tally of the afternoon came in the 21^stminute. Maddy Warren did the work at the top of the 18 to put the ball on the foot of Hill. Her shot was on target past the diving keeper for a 1-0 lead.

A flurry of goals in the second half put the game out of reach. TCU struck for four goals in a span of six minutes to break the game open. Hill started the scoring barrage with her second of the afternoon. Payton Crews found Hill in open space and she fired the shot into the back of the net from 20 yards out.

Just over 30 seconds later, Warren struck for the Frogs. Crews set a long feed down field that Messiah Bright raced down. Her touch pass to Warren was on target and she buried it for a 3-0 lead.

Three minutes later, Bright was rewarded with her second goal of the season. Karitas Tomasdottir fed a perfect cross right to the head of Bright for the goal. Hill completed the hat trick just 11 seconds later as she buried a deflected shot.

TCU and Butler traded penalty kick goals to account for the final tally. The Bulldogs' Annika Schmidt scored while Cachet Lue picked up her first career goal in the 73^rdminute.

Stat of the Game
14 – Kayla Hill scored her first career hat trick and the 14^thin program history. She is the first Horned Frog since Allison Ganter to register a hat trick. Ganter scored three against Texas Southern on Sept. 4, 2016.

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On the game:
"We learned some very good lessons from a good team on Thursday. We came back and tried to execute the things we learned against a very good Butler team. It was a good performance for us."

On the non-conference schedule preparing the team for conference play:
"I learned that we have a good team. We are hungry. We've played a lot of good teams and we've learned from the wins and losses. Now it's about taking away from those experiences and showing the rest of the conference and country that we are going to be a force to be reckoned with. I'm proud of our group, but there is a lot more meat on the bone to be had."

Notes
• TCU scored six goals in a game for the first time since a 7-0 win over Texas Southern on Sept. 4, 2016.
• TCU last scored five goals in a half at Lamar on Aug. 28, 2016.
• TCU registered double-digit shots for the seventh time this season.
• TCU outshot its opponent for the seventh time this season.
• With her three goals in the game, Kayla Hill now has five goals on the season and 12 in her career.
• Hill notched her sixth career game-winning goal.
• Maddy Warren scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season and added her second career assist.
• Messiah Bright scored her second career goal and added her first career assist.
• Payton Crews tallied a pair of assists for her first two career points.
• Cachet Lue tallied her first career goal, converting a penalty kick in the 73^rdminute.
• Karitas Tomasdottir contributed her second assist of the season and the sixth of her career.
• Cachet Lue and Brandi Peterson played the entirety of the match.

Up Next
TCU (7-1-1) continues its homestand Friday night when it hosts Iowa State in the Big 12 opener for both schools. First touch is set for 7 p.m. The match will be televised on FSSW+.