Kent State won its eighth consecutive women’s soccer match Sunday, beating Western Michigan 5-1 at Dix Stadium. Jenna Hellstrom recorded career assists 28 and 29, setting a school record.
Abbie Lawson (Stow) started the scoring for Kent State (8-1, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) with her first goal of the year.
More women’s soccer
• Bowling Green built a 2-0 lead and held on for 2-1 victory of host Akron. The Zips (3-7-2, 0-2-2 MAC) scored with eight minutes to play when Ashley Amato took a feed from Catie Corrigan and booted the ball into the net to cut the Falcons’ lead (7-5-0, 2-2-0) in half.