Northwestern Lehigh seems to always have either a player or the team reach another milestone of some sort.

It happened again Wednesday night when the Tigers’ seniors celebrated the 100th victory of their high school careers in a 7-0 win over Midd-West in the first round of the PIAA girls soccer playoffs.

If the Mustangs could claim any moral victory in the game, it was that they held one member of the senior class, Sophia Schaffer, to just one goal.

Schaffer, the all-time leading scorer in District 11 girls soccer, had a few opportunities but was heavily guarded by Carly Faulhaber of Midd-West throughout the contest.

Maddie Milks picked a great spot for her first goal of the season when she found an opening on the right side just 52 seconds in and put a shot on goal that went off the fingertips of goalie Addison Maust for a quick 1-0 lead.

“We knew that their outside backs were going to stay pretty wide, so they gave me space. Normally, I try to cross it, but I saw the opportunity, so I just took it and I am really proud of the outcome,” said Milks, a junior.

Maust was like a duck in a carnival shooting gallery, with Northwestern players peppering her with shots throughout the game. She finished the night with seven saves.

A number of other shots went just wide, or just over the goal, for the Tigers.

Juliet Snyder and Lexi Kercher had back-to-back goals from long distance, with Snyder putting one in from about 25 yards out from the right side of the field, and Kercher lifting a shot from 30 yards out that got past Maust and went just under the crossbar in the middle of the goal.

Snyder scored again late in the first half from close range, and then opened the scoring in the second half, also from close range, for the hat trick that gave her 27 goals on the season.

“I love to just drive the ball on goal,” said Snyder. “Even if I don’t get the goal, a lot of things can happen.”

When the first half ended, Northwestern had a 5-0 lead.

Snyder had the opening goal of the second half, and with 31:56 left to play, Elliana Fluke scored her 15th goal of the season to put the Tigers up 7-0.

Five different players scored for Northwestern Wednesday night, showing the depth of its offense. This season, five different Tigers have scored 15 or more goals.

“I think the 7-0 win shows how prepared we are, and that we can score a lot of goals even against good teams,” said Snyder. “They did a good job defending Sophia tonight, but we were able to get the ball to other players and can still generate offense.

“Plus, Sophia still makes things happen just by being a threat and getting the ball to other players in a good spot.”

The defense also did its job again, collecting its 14th shutout of the season.

The Tigers have outscored their opponents 160-19 this season. Freshman goalie Brystol Hamm made three saves on the night.

Northwestern will play Archbishop Wood Saturday in the PIAA quarterfinals. Archbishop Wood defeated Springfield Township. The site and time will be announced Thursday, but it is possible the game will be back at Upper Perkiomen High School, where the two teams met in last year’s semifinal on a frigid November night.

Northwestern lost that game on penalty kicks, which not only ended its season but also snapped its 54-game winning streak.

COMMEMORATIVE PAWPRINTS … The soccer booster club placed 99 tiger pawprints on the track around Tiger Stadium leading to the Northwestern Lehigh bench. The senior class is 100-4-1 so far in its four seasons.

Northwestern 7, Midd-West 0

Midd-West 0 0 — 0

Northwestern 5 2 — 7

Goals: Midd-West — None; Northwestern — J. Snyder 3, Milks 1, Kercher 1, Schaffer 1, Fluke 1. Saves: Midd-West — Maust 7; Northwestern — Hamm 3.

Records: Midd-West (16-4-2); Northwestern (23-1-1).