Taliaferro, VanHorn lead North Georgia rout of Young Harris

DAHLONEGA -- The No. 15-ranked North Georgia women's soccer team scored early and often in Tuesday evening's Battle of Blood Mountain contest against rival Young Harris. Cicely Taliaferro and Rachel VanHorn each scored a pair of goals in the victory.<br /> <br /> Junior Sophia Matonak opened the scoring in the third minute juking a defender before firing the first goal into the back of the net. Taliaferro added two more goals in just over four minutes starting with a goal assisted by VanHorn in the 24th and followed by a header off a Megan Morrow corner kick in the 28th minute.<br /> <br /> The Nighthawks came out on fire in the second half, rattling off three goals in the first five minutes of the period.<br /> <br /> Senior Sydney Reeder scored her second goal of the season with a header off a Morrow corner kick in the 49th minute. Rachel VanHorn added another shortly thereafter off a beautiful through-ball from Sophia Matonak.<br /> <br /> VanHorn didn't wait long to push through her second goal of the game, just over a minute later scoring from the top of the box on another Morrow assist.<br /> <br /> Freshman Brynn Finneran scored her first-career goal in the 69th minute to give the Nighthawks a 7-0 lead.<br /> <br /> Young Harris' Dani Pena avoided the shutout with a goal shot from outside the box.<br /> <br /> Mallory Sayre improved to 8-1-0 on goal with two saves on the night.<br /> <br /> North Georgia heads hits the road for its first conference away game; traveling to Savannah to take on Armstong with a 1 p.m., start on Saturday.