LOWE HAT TRICK POWER DRAGONS PAST DODGE CITY

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

DODGE CITY – Freshman Hadlie Lowe scored her first career hat trick to help the Hutchinson Community College women's soccer team reach the .500 mark for the 2021 season on Wednesday.

The first Blue Dragon hat trick in two full years helped Hutchinson to a 4-2 Jayhawk West victory at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City.

The Blue Dragons evened their season record at 4-4 and improved to 3-4 in the Jayhawk West. Dodge City fell to 0-5. Hutchinson extended its winning streak over the Conquistadors to 23 games and are 24-1 all-time against Dodge City.

Lowe's first career hat trick is the 90th in Blue Dragon women's soccer history. The last hat trick for Hutchinson came from Marah Franke on September 14, 2019.

Lowe, who scored her team-high sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the season, netted her fourth game-winning goal. That mark ties for sixth on the Blue Dragon freshman record (Vanessa Magana, 2008, Steph Franz, 2009 and Sydney Blackwell, 2018). Lowe is tied for 10th on the Blue Dragon single-season list for game-winning goals.

Lowe's first goal came just 4:30 into the game when she took a long pass from Aimee Maher and scored from the right side of the box into the lower-left corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead.

Then with the game tied at 2-all, Lowe scored a pair of goals within a span of 11 minutes, 27 seconds. Ella-Mae Miller was credited with assists on both goals.

Hutch dominated possession in the first half and led 1-0 at halftime. Dodge City tied the game twice in the second half.

First, Angela Valoy hammered home a rebound of a direct free kick just 3:59 into the second half to knot the score at 1-all.

Just 4 minutes, 25 seconds later, the Blue Dragons re-took the lead when freshman Julia De Souza drove in a direct free kick from just outside the penalty box for a 2-1 Hutch lead with 36:34 to play. De Souza scored her first goal of the season and is just the fourth Blue Dragon to score a goal in 2021.

Dodge City tied the game at 2-all with 24:35 to go when Perla Ailon scored off a rebound in front of the net.

Just 1 minute, 10 seconds later, Lowe's second goal of the game gave the Dragons the lead for good.

The Blue Dragons out-shot Dodge City 24-7, including 12-6 in shots on goal. The Dragons had 7 cornerkicks to the Conquistadors' 1.

Hutchinson freshman goalkeeper Olivia Felix-Cardona had four saves in the contest. Dodge City keeper Vickie Foster made eight saves.

Hutchinson is off until October 2 when the Blue Dragons play host to Neosho County at the Salthawk Sports Complex.