ROCK HILL, S.C. –
Jessica Donald scored two goals and set up two others to lead Campbell to a 6-1 win over Winthrop Saturday at Eagle Field.
Campbell (9-3-2, 7-1-0) won its third-straight outing and stayed on top of the Big South standings with 21 points through eight matches.
Emma Bushee,
Cameron Turner,
Jackie Richards and
Madi Thomsen also scored for the Camels, who entered the match ranked 22nd in the nation at 2.62 goals per game.
The Camels finished with a 12-4 edge in shots, scored on six of their nine attempts on target, and took seven corner kicks to just two for Winthrop (6-6-2, 4-4-1), which lost its third-straight game.
Donald set up Bushee's 26th minute goal to give the Camels a 1-0 lead. The goal was the sixth of the season for Bushee, who has at least one point in each of CU's seven league wins.
Just 46:28 into the second half, Donald converted a Winthrop turnover into her fifth goal of the season to double the lead and provide what proved to be the winner.
In the 53rd minute, Donald's shot rebounded to
Cameron Turner, who netted her fourth goal of the season for a 3-0 lead.
Donald capitalized on a failed Winthrop clearance in the 64th minute to score her sixth of the year.
Campbell extended its lead to five in the 78th minute when
Jackie Richards nodded in
Cazzi Norgren's corner kick at the near post for her fifth goal this season.
Red-shirt senior
Madi Thomsen scored her first goal of the year after 82 minutes off
Reagan Baiotto's assist to push the margin to 6-0.
Winthrop avoided its third-straight shutout when Leah Greene hit a right-footed shot outside the area to cut the final margin to six.
Campbell's second-highest scoring output of the season ran CU's goal tally to 13 on the week after a 7-1 victory Wednesday over Gardner-Webb. The Camels defeated Hampton 7-0 on Sept. 30.
CU improved to 4-0-2 in its last six meetings with Winthrop.
The Camels close their regular season home schedule Wednesday when they host Charleston Southern (6-5-1, 5-3-0) at 7:00 p.m.