WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's soccer team concluded its non-league schedule Wednesday evening with a 3-2 non-league victory over Mary Washington.
 
Senior Emily Yergin tallied the opening goal of the game for the Hornets (6-3), scoring off of an Abby Alexa assist in the 41^st minute to put SU on top to stay over the Eagles (3-5).
 

IN BRIEF

Yergin's goal, the 53^rd of her career, put on top to stay but Shenandoah needed a pair of second half goals to record its third straight victory over Mary Washington.
 
Marquette's goal, from 35-yards out and into the upper right-hand corner, put the Hornets up 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining.
 
The tally also started a goal-scoring flurry.
 
UMW cut its deficit in half on a Brielle Mitchell goal 46 seconds after Marquette's goal, but would get no closer as Alexa and Kristen Fisher set up Maiya Pencile at 82:05 to give the Hornets some breathing room.
 
SU would need that cushion as Mary Washington closed out the scoring at 88:13.

HOW IT HAPPENED
40:45   SU        |        Emily Yergin (Abby Alexa)
72:25   SU        |        Abbie Marquette
73:11   UMW  |          Brielle Mitchell
82:05   SU        |        Maiya Pencile (Kristen Fisher, Alexa)
88:13   UMW  |          Brooke Bauman (Katherine Brady)

QUOTABLE

"It was nice to get our first home win of the season and close out the non-conference slate with a solid team effort," head coach Liz Pike said. "Now we are ready to get into ODAC play." 

GAME NOTES

• Yergin now has 131 points and is just one point from tying Brandy (Wheeler) Hudson '96 for the all-time points lead.
• Yergin's two-points vaulted her past Jen (Johnson) Boyer '95 for second place.
• The win is Shenandoah's fourth in 11 lifetime matchups with Mary Washington