SMU at Northland / Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006

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Official Box Score / Last Meeting / Game Highlights: Melisa Entinger, SMU: 3 goals; Bethany Kaufmann, SMU: 1 goal; Michele McQuillan, SMU: 1 goal; Jamison McClure, SMU: 2 assists


Entinger scores 3 as Cardinals cruise to a 5-0 win over Northland

ASHLAND, Wis. — For the first 45 minutes, Northland hung right with the Saint Mary's University women's soccer team. Despite being outshot 13-1, the Lumberjills trailed just 1-0 at the break.

Then came the second half.

SMU erupted for four goals in the game's final 45 minutes in cruising to its second straight shutout win of the season, a 5-0 nonconference decision Saturday afternoon.

"We played very well — both offensively and defensively," said SMU coach Tony Guinn, whose team is now 2-0 — having outscored its opponents 9-0. "We weren't able to capitalize on our scoring opportunities in the first half, but we did a much better job in the second half."

Freshman Melisa Entinger (Mound, Minn.) netted the goal of the first half, before completing her first collegiate hat trick with a pair of second-half goals. Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.) — who scored a pair of goals in SMU's 6-0 season-opening win over Bethany Lutheran — and Michele McQuillan (St. Paul, Minn.) also scored for the Cardinals.

"One of our goals every game is to not give up a goal, and for the second straight game, we accomplished that," said Guinn, whose team is back in action Sunday, traveling to UW-Superior for a nonconference game. "It's great to see our offense clicking the way it is, but it's just as nice to see us playing such tight, stingy defense."