SOLON — The varsity girls soccer team broke a three-game losing streak with a 9-0 win over Benton Community Tuesday, April 29, at home.

Senior Elena Swann struck first roughly eight minutes into the match making it 1-0 for the Lady Spartans.

Rose McAtee bombed the Bobcats four minutes later for the first of three goals and a Penalty Kick (PK) for the senior forward. Swann scored with an assist from McAtee with 26:18 left in the first half to make it 3-0.

McAtee took an assist from Sofia Ortega to score with 18:51 to go and got the hat trick five minutes later. Addi Greene, a senior, found the back of the Bobcats’ net with 12 minutes left in the half as she redirected a corner kick from Ortega to make it 6-0.

Benton came out swinging in the second half, attacking Solon’s goal in the first minute, but were denied a goal by junior keeper Gable Knight.

Greene took an assist from Ortega to score with 25 minutes remaining in the match for a 7-0 advantage. McAtee rocketed her PK shot past Benton’s sophomore keeper Haley McMahon with 21:43 remaining while Ortega buried the ball in the corner of Benton’s net with 13:32 left to play for the 9-0 score.

The win improved Solon’s record to 4-5-1 while Benton dropped to 2-6-3.