FERRUM, Va. -- Ferrum College picked up a non-conference women's soccer win over Virginia State University, winning 4-1 this afternoon at Penn-Roediger Field. The win snapped a seven-game losing skid dating back to September 17.

RECORDS
Ferrum 3-7-2
Virginia State 2-8

THE BASICS
Ferrum was aggressive early on, piling up 16 first-half shots to Virginia State's two. Macy Taylor scored first for Ferrum, coming off the bench to rip a shot past VSU goalkeeper Tianna Roberts at 26:18 with an assist from Anna Milliron. Jaden Hiers made it a 2-0 game when she found the back of the net in the 30th minute off a pass from Peyton Fularon and the lead held through halftime. 

The first 20 plus minutes of the second half fairly even until Ferrum's Amber Nichole Gillen scored the eventual game-winning goal at the 68:23 mark off a cross from Carissa Iriarte to make it 3-0. Summer Stevens scored an unassisted goal at 70:53 to extend Ferrum's lead to 4-0. Loryn Sturgis notched a pair of late unassisted goals in the 79th and 83rd minutes for the Trojans.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Taylor goal; Hiers goal; Gillen goal; Stevens goal; GK Ashli Wuss 72 min, 0 goals, 2 saves
Virginia State: Sturgis 2 goals; GK Roberts 90 min, 9 saves

UP NEXT
Coach Erin Saleeby's team will be back in action Saturday, October 18, at Francis Marion University. The Conference Carolinas game is scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. start in Florence, South Carolina.