Goshen, IN — Prior to Monday night’s match with visiting Andrews University, the Goshen College women’s soccer team was looking to add one small statistic to the program’s recent history.

Following the contest, the squad had tattooed the record books in several places.

Goshen (4-4, 1-0) scored a program-record 13 times in its 13-0 win over the Cardinals Monday night at the Goshen College Soccer Complex, running its current win streak to three matches while single-handedly outscoring the Leafs’ 2005 season and coming just one goal shy of the program’s 2001 season total. Freshman Kaylee Pichardo tied a school mark with four goals tallied in the game, while Goshen heads into its second Mid-Central Conference match of the year with a 1-0 league record in tact — the first time in head coach Thavisith Mounsithiraj’s five-year career that such has been the case.

Perhaps too early to tell for certain, but Goshen has looked to turn some type of metaphorical corner.

“Anytime you face an overmatched opponent, it is important to maintain the pace of the game and not allow (Andrews) to slow you down,” Mounsithiraj said following Monday’s onslaught. “I think sometimes in a game like tonight’s it can be difficult to keep a fast pace. It can be easy to become sluggish. However I thought we kept up the intensity throughout.”

It was over nearly right as it started for the Cardinals, who took the game’s opening kick off and pushed the ball downfield for its only true shot on goal of the evening — an attempt sophomore keeper Emmy Gibson quickly corralled and booted away. From there it was a real-life highlight reel of offensive plays from Goshen’s front, as Pichardo got things going with her first goal in the third minute off an Alison Gotwals (freshman) assist.

Goshen tacked on scores at the seventh, ninth, 11th and 12th minute, claiming a 5-0 lead less than 15 minutes into the match. That advantage ballooned to a 9-0 score by halftime, as Mounsithiraj substituted liberally with little change in pace. Pichardo again got things going three minutes into the second half (completing her hat trick), and again scored at the 60th minute-mark, equaling the program’s record for most goals scored in a single game.

“Obviously Kaylee Pichardo had a good game,” Mounsithiraj said. “We know she is very capable of scoring goals for us every night out. Three of her goals came off of one touch where she just redirected the ball into the goal. For her fourth she used her dribble to get open and slip the ball past the keeper.”

Junior Jodi Birkey joined Pichardo in the multiple goal scoring party, tacking on two in the first half (the first off an assist from Gotwals and the second of an assist from senior Liz Martin). Martin finished with a pair of assists on the night, while junior Sara Groff charted one goal and three assists, Gotwals one goal and two assists and Birkey two assists to go with her pair of scores.

“Everyone on our roster gave us valuable minutes tonight,” Mounsithiraj said. “I was pleased with the play of many players, including Liz Martin and (juniors) Kelsey Hartman and Erica Hartman. (Freshman) Britt Wyse also showed us that she can be a very effective defender. I liked what she did with the ball tonight.”

Junior Lucy Roth, freshman Laura Schlabach, freshman Melody Musser and sophomore Emmy Gibson joined Kelsey Hartman in adding one goal apiece, the first collegiate goals for the entire group outside of Roth and Hartman.

Goshen took 11 corner kicks on the evening, scoring off of three.

“That was another positive for us tonight,” Mounsithiraj said, “Scoring off of corner kicks is something we have focused on the last couple weeks in practice.”

The Leafs’ 13 goals was the most in single-game school history. The program’s most recent best came in a 9-1 win over Davenport University on Sept. 18, 2003. Goshen scored just nine goals all of last season and just 14 in the 2001 campaign, making Monday night’s output even more incredible.

Goshen also pushed its winning streak to three games, a mark unequalled in the program’s last six seasons. The team’s .500 record is also a first since very early in the 2004 campaign, where that Leafs’ team posted a 1-1 record at one point before finishing with a 6-11-1 tally.

“We now must look to build on this tonight for our next match,” Mounsithiraj said. “It is a very winnable match for us if we are on the top of our game. With so many important games coming up, we must continue to come out strong each time.”

Mounsithiraj’s team will resume MCC play Wednesday in a big face-off with Grace College. Match time is set for 4 p.m. in Winona Lake, Ind.