HARRISONBURG, Virginia -- Ferrum College's women's soccer team earned its first win of the season tonight on the road, beating Eastern Mennonite University 4-2 at EMU Turf Field.

RECORDS
Ferrum (1-2-1)
Eastern Mennonite (0-3-1)

THE BASICS
Eastern Mennonite is a fellow Old Dominion Athletic Conference member, but this game was played as a non-conference affair.

Ferrum puts lots of pressure on the Royals early on, scoring three goals in the opening 25 minutes of play. Ashlynn Mitcham scored first on a put-back goal at 9:29, then Jamie Adams blasted a left-footed shot from 18 yards out at the 14:43 mark. Sydney Miller took a pass from Allison Setlak and slotted it past EMU's goalkeeper at 24:32 to make it a 3-0 game.

Amiah Carter broke up the shutout with an unassisted goal at 30:25. Allison Setlak then scored an insurance goal for the Panthers in the 70th minute of play when she converted a penalty kick. Olivia Daike had a goal for the Royals in the 87th minute to close out scoring.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Mitcham 1 goal; Adams 1 goal; Miller 1 goal; Setlak 1 goal; GK Ali Austin (W, 1-2-1) 90 min, 3 saves
EMU: Carter 1 goal; Daike 1 goal; GK Aja Laun (L, 0-3-1) 90 min, 4 saves

BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"We fought hard and wanted it tonight. We worked well together and deserved a good result. I'm proud of the team for seeing out a scrappy and rainy game." --Head Coach Erin Saleeby

NEXT UP
Saleeby's team will be back in action Tuesday, September 13, at home against Southern Virginia nUniversity. The non-conference game is set for a 7:00 p.m. start at Penn-Roediger Field.