Duquesne University
Vermont
9/9/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 9, 2005
Duquesne's women's soccer team scored early and often in their home opener, taking a 7-0 shutout over visiting Vermont in day one action of the Duquesne Invitational. The Red and Blue's 2005 record is now 2-0-1.
Freshman Shannon Rengers got things started by finding the back of the net in the 18th minute off an assist from junior Christina Goodfellow to give the Dukes a 1-0 lead. Seven minutes later, sophomore Audra Mathews scored to give the Dukes a two-goal lead.
Less than a minute and a half later, it was Rengers again off a Mathews assist before junior Martine Gilbert and freshman Jenna Farneti scored as well to give the Red and Blue a comfortable 5-0 halftime lead.
Two minutes into the second stanza, Rengers completed her first collegiate hat trick to put DU up 6-0, then Farneti scored again in the 74th minute to end the day's scoring. Junior Virginia Bondi grabbed five saves in net to help post the shutout.`
The Dukes outshot the Catamounts 21-9 as 24 DU players saw action.
The Red and Blue return to play on Sunday as they host Alabama A&M at 2:00 pm. The Bulldogs (4-1-0) topped Robert Morris, 2-1 in the opening game of the invitational. Vermont (1-4-0) and RMU (2-2-0) will open play Sunday at 11:00 am.
