Women's Soccer provided plenty of fireworks in Wednesday night's home match.

The (25) Ravens scored five first-half goals en route to a 6-0 win.

It didn't take long for the Ravens to dent the scoreboard. Six minutes in, Riley Degner made a long run on a Rachel Beffa pass and beat the Missouri Baptist keeper off the inside post to put the Ravens up 1-0.

Two minutes later, Kourtney Koc added to the Ravens lead. She took a pass by Annabelle Hoog and then one-touched it past the keeper for a 2-0 lead. 

Then, less than 2 minutes later, Madeline Stewart lined up to take a Ravens corner kick and took matters into her own hands. Stewart curled it towards the goal, knocking it in off the back post to give the Ravens a 3-0 lead 10 minutes into the contest.

The fourth Ravens goal was scored by Beffa. Emma Strecker started the sequence with a cross into the box that was deflected by Degner. Beffa was in the perfect spot, able to head the ball into a clear goal to make it 4-0 Ravens with 20:44 to play in the first half.

Meagan Papin extended the Ravens lead to 5-0 with 10 minutes left in the half. She scored after a deflection by Madison Smith. The home side carried that 5-goal advantage into the half.

Degner scored her second goal of the game with 21 minutes left to play. Hoog sent a nice ball through the Spartans backline, then Degner beat the keeper to put the Ravens up 6-0.

The Ravens notched 20 shots, 12 on goal, against MBU. While the offense was firing away against the Spartans, the Ravens defense kept MBU from getting many chances offensively. The visitors had 4 shots in the game, with just 1 shot on goal. Olivia Berry played the first 61 minutes in goal, and Caroline Gyllenborg made 1 save in her 29 minutes of action.

The Spartans are nearly finished with a four-game stretch playing against Heart of America schools. Prior to losing to the Ravens on Wednesday, MBU lost 5-0 to (21) Missouri Valley College and then 2-0 to Culver-Stockton College. The Spartans will finish their Heart run with a match at (7) Central Methodist University.

The Ravens (2-1) finish up a four-game homestand when they play at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 against Bethel.