CONWAY, S.C.- A hat trick from junior Bobbie Parsons helped Coastal Carolina to a 5-0 victory over VMI Saturday afternoon in Big South women's soccer action.

Laura Weiler got the Lady Chants (5-6-1, 1-1-1 Big South) on the board first, coring in the 14th minute off of assists from Erin Belvins and Rachel Devine. In the 37th minute, Parsons gave CCU a 2-0 advantage, scoring from 10 yards out on a feed from Weiler.

VMI (0-8, 0-2 Big South) trailed only 2-0 at the half, but could not get any offense going in the second half. Instead, just two minutes into the second half, Leah Hackmann found Parsons for her second goal of the contest.

Blevins picked up her second goal of the season in the 58th minute, when she found the back of the net after collecting a loose ball in the box, and Parsons finished her hat trick with five seconds remaining in the contest, giving her seven goals on the season.

Coastal keeper Jaclyn Stoll made three saves in the contest en route to her fourth shutout of the season. VMI's Jessica Rheinlander made 10 saves in the game, notching double-digit saves for the fifth time this season.

Coastal posted a 34-6 shot advantage in the game and had 10 corner kicks compared to three for the the Keydets.

VMI returns to action Wednesday, when they host Radford in a Big South Conference contest. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Patchin Field.

HEAD COACH JULIE DAVIS-
"Today's result ended up as the same score as when we played them last year, but I think that we played much better. We did a better job of possessing the ball this year and making them work for everything that they got. I feel like we are definitely playing better now than we were earlier in the season, we're defending better and generating more of an attack, we just need to work on capitalizing on opportunities. We are playing with much more consistency, and I feel like that will pay off for us later in the year."