AIKEN, SC--USC Aiken’s women’s soccer team earned its first win of the season by beating Mount Olive College, 7-0, tonight at “Pacer Pit” on the USCA campus. The Lady Pacers improve to 1-1-0 on the season while the Lady Trojans fall to 2-3-0 overall. USC Aiken continues its two game home stand on Saturday with the 2003 Peach Belt Conference opener against Francis Marion at 1:00 p.m.

Amanda Faulknham (Sumter, S.C.) beat the Mount Olive goalie from 10 yards out, 22 minutes into the game, to give the Lady Pacers a 1-0 advantage. Natasha DaCosta’s (London, Ontario) score, 13 minutes later, sent the home team to the locker room with a 2-0 halftime lead.

In the second period Jodi Kulinitch (London, Ontario) and Audie Beckman (Sioux Falls, S.D.) each scored their first goals of the season. Faulknham and DaCosta added their second goals of the match to put USCA in front 6-0. Jen Mascarin (Komoka, Ontario) closed out the scoring with her second goal of 2003.

Junior Shannon Hobbs (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and sophomore Amber Markley (Lexington, S.C.) combined for the shutout. Hobbs played 55:40 in goal and saved Mount Olive’s lone shot on goal.

The Lady Pacers out shot Mount Olive 28-2 and held a 19-1 advantage in shots on goal. Kulinitch recorded a match high six shots. Jessica Capps and Barbara DuBois accounted for the Lady Trojans two shots.

Women’s Soccer............1...2...Final
Mount Olive.....................0...0...0
USC Aiken........................2...5...7

Scoring
USCA: Amanda Faulknham (Jodi Kulinitch, 22:27)
USCA: Natasha DaCosta (Faulknham, Melissa Schnoering, 35:34)
USCA: Jodi Kulinitch (Unassisted, 68:35)
USCA: Audie Beckman (Unassisted, 69:38)
USCA: Amanda Faulknham (Jen Mascarin, 76:51)
USCA: Natasha DaCosta (Audie Beckman, 79:20)
USCA: Jen Mascarin (Penalty Kick, 83:08)

Shots USCA 28, MOC 2
Corner kicks USCA 20, MOC 0
Fouls USCA 6, MOC 5
Offsides USCA 8, MOC 1
Saves USCA 1 (Shannon Hobbs 1), MOC 12 (Heather Ressler 12)
Cards None

Boxscore

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