Frogs Throttle Central Michigan, 3-0

Thursday, August 29

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

3-1-0, 0-0-0

Central Michigan

1-2-0, 0-0-0

Central Mich.

TCU

Frogs Throttle Central Michigan, 3-0

8/29/2024 10:06:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Bella Diorio notches first career brace

FORT WORTH – Bella Diorio notched her first career brace and TCU rolled to a decisive 3-0 win over Central Michigan on Thursday night at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

Diorio earned the fastest goal in the Eric Bell era, as she found the back of the net 54 seconds into the contest for her first goal of the season. Seven Castain swelled TCU's first half advantage to 2-0 behind her team-leading third goal of the 2024 campaign in the 29th minute. Diorio struck again six minutes into the second half en route to the brace,

Oliva Geller earned the cleansheet as she collected one save. CMU (1-2) had just two shots on goal, both of which came in the contest's first 10 minutes.

The Rundown
The Horned Frogs started the contest in a dead sprint, as Diorio found space down the right side of the field as she cut her defender off before delivering a strike to the back of the net.

Pena assisted on Castain's short set piece strike. The senior dribbled down the line and found a diving Castain to put the Frogs up two.

The Frogs tallied 12 of their 20 shots before the break.

In the second half, a shot from Caroline Kelly's inside the box pinballed off the keeper to set up Diorio's second strike. Kelly got the rebound and promptly dumped the ball off to Diorio in the center of the goalie box.

Quote of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
Thoughts on the game
"Good bounce back for us. We played with a good mentality and approach to the game. Really proud of the group for coming back and having a good performance."

Notes
• TCU out shot its opponent for the third time this year.
• TCU earned its third shutout of the year.
• TCU is 3-0 all-time against MAC opponents.
• TCU played 19 players.
• Four Horned Frogs made their first starts of 2024 (Grace Coppinger, AJ Hennessey, Blake Hodgson, Maddie Mooney)
• Bella Diorio notched her first career goal and first career brace.
• Seven Castain tallied her third goal of the season and the 12th of her career.
• Castain also notched her first assist of the season and sixth of her career.
• Castain led the Frogs with six shots.
• Caroline Kelly collected her first assist of the year and 14th of her career.
• Olivia Geller earned her second cleansheet of the year.