SALEM, Ore. – In its first game under new head coach Cory Hand, George Fox University ran into a powerful Corban University team that controlled the game at both ends of the field, resulting in a 6-0 win for the Warriors of the NAIA over the visiting Bruins in a non-conference women's soccer match Monday afternoon here at Warrior Field.

The Warriors got on the scoreboard in the 30th minute when Allyson Irwin received a pass from Emily Boudreau and sent it into the upper right corner of the net for her first goal of the season and the eventual game-winner.  Ten minutes later, Karissa Stark rebounded her own shot past a diving Alyssa Montero to make it 2-0 at the half on her first goal of the year.

Tera McDonough scored a pair of goals two minutes apart early in the second half as the Warriors extended the margin to 4-0.  Audrey Sullivan and Katelyn Weaver assisted on the goals.  Weaver and Maria Dominguez closed out the scoring by tallying their first goals of the season in the final 10 minutes of the game.  Sullivan and Sierra Brusven assisted on Weaver's goal, and Randi Donahue contributed to the score by Dominguez.

Montero kept the Bruins within striking distance in the first half by making nine saves, but the Warriors pulled away in the second half against rookie keeper Morgan Hansen, who did have two saves.

Goalie Alexis Beattie of Corban faced only two shots from the Bruins, one from Becca Allen and one from Jasmine Florez, and stopped them both in recording the shutout.  Overall, Corban registered 26 more shots (28-to-2) than George Fox, including a 17-to-2 advantage in shots on goal, and had five corner kicks to none for the Bruins.

George Fox is now 0-1, while Corban improved to 2-0-1 and extended its season-opening shutout streak to 290 minutes.  

NEXT: George Fox will try to get Coach Hand his first win Wednesday when the Bruins visit Hope International University, coached by former Bruin men's player and women's assistant coach Andrew Paine, at 5:00 p.m. at the California State University-Fullerton soccer field … Corban returns to action Thursday against NAIA nationally-ranked Biola University at 7:00 p.m. in La Mirada, California.