WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue soccer returned home in fashion Sunday afternoon, rolling past Western Illinois 4–0 at Folk Field.
The Boilermakers dominated every phase of the match, improving to 3–3–2 on the season, while Chiara Singarella earned her second-career hat trick on her Senior Day. Singarella became the first-ever Purdue player to record two hat tricks.
Senior, Margaux Chauvet, also scored her first-career goal.
From the opening whistle, Purdue piled on the pressure, firing 19 shots in the first half alone. The breakthrough came in the 28th minute when Singarella slotted home her fourth goal of the year, assisted by Zoe Cuneio and goalkeeper Emily Edwards. Despite chance after chance, the score remained 1–0 at halftime thanks to Leathernecks goalkeeper Ariel Bernard, who finished with 10 saves.
The floodgates opened in the second half. In the 75th minute, Singarella struck again, finishing off a sequence created by Cherry Yu and Emilia Deppe. Just three minutes later, she completed her hat trick—her second in a Purdue uniform—off an assist from Katrina Chong. The Boilermakers weren’t done yet: in the 82nd minute, defender Chauvet capped the rout with her first career goal, a strike that sealed the 4–0 win.
In total, Purdue outshot Western Illinois 37–2, with 14 shots on target and 11 corner kicks. Edwards and Ally Lynch combined for the clean sheet without needing to record a save, as the back line kept Western Illinois entirely quiet in the attacking third.
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