Seven different Lady Toppers found the back of the net, four of whom tallied their first career goals, and WKU outshot Kentucky Christian 37-0 in a 9-0 victory at the WKU Soccer Complex on Monday.

Kerragan Mulzer, Chelsea Moore, Victoria Mayo and Nicole Roseland each scored for the first time in their collegiate careers, and both Olivia Stanley and Tally Bishop scored twice for the Lady Toppers. Chandler Backes, WKU’s leading scorer over the last two seasons, also fired her first goal of the 2018 season midway through the opening half.

Much of WKU’s damage was done in the first half as the Lady Toppers (2-2-2) scored eight times in just over a 30-minute span to put the match far out of reach for the Lady Knights (0-3), who compete on the NAIA level.

After attempting 32 shots in the opening 45 minutes, WKU had only five in the second half and scored once on Moore’s strike in the 58th minute.

In goal, WKU had a historic substitute in the 73rd minute as former four-year volleyball player Sydney Engle subbed on in relief of Bailee Witt. With her 17 minutes of action, Engle became the first Lady Topper and only second known student-athlete in C-USA history to compete in at least one match in the sports of women’s soccer and volleyball in their careers.

Witt and Engle combined for WKU’s first shutout of the season, with neither facing a shot on the night.

WKU’s nine goals matched the second-most in a single match in program history and were the Lady Toppers’ most since also scoring nine against Morehead State on Sept. 8, 2002. The school record of 12 goals came in the program’s first season against Trevecca Nazarene on Sept. 26, 2001.

Following Monday’s match, WKU will have five straight matches away from home. The Lady Toppers will take on Vanderbilt in their next time out Thursday at 7 p.m. before beginning C-USA play at Southern Miss at 1 p.m. Sept. 16.

WKU will be back at the Soccer Complex on Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. against FIU.{&end}