Box Score

DEFIANCE, Ohio (Aug. 30) – First-year head coach Laura Heethuis wasted little time in earning her first win as a collegiate head coach, when she led her Waynesburg University women's soccer team to Defiance College's Purple and Gold Classic on Friday. The visiting Yellow Jackets scored a pair of first-half goals and went on to a 3-1 victory over the host Yellow Jackets.
 
Heethuis wasn't the only newcomer to the Waynesburg women's program to have a big day in Ohio. Freshman Nikki Davis tallied her team's first two scores of the year during the fifth and 39^th minute of the first half, respectively. Both unassisted scores came off corner kicks.
 
After Defiance (0-1) cut its deficit in half with a goal in the 60^th minutes, junior Karleigh Murphey sealed the win with her first tally of 2014, which came off an assist from yet another newcomer, freshman Melanie Burchfield.
 
The Orange and Black defense did a terrific job of stifling the Defiance offense, which managed to take just six total shots, two of which were on goal. Junior third-year starting keeper Ciara Scott needed to make just one save to preserve the win.
 
Waynesburg will look to make it 2-0 on Saturday, Aug. 30, when it takes on Heidelberg at the P & G Classic. Start time is scheduled for 2 p.m.