Final Score: VCU 3, Lock Haven 0
Location: Lock Haven, Pa. 
Records:  VCU 3-2 (1-0 A-10), Lock Haven 1-3 (0-1 A-10)
 
The Short Story:  VCU took advantage of two first half penalty corners and built a 3-0 halftime lead before cruising to a win in its Atlantic 10 opener.
 
QUICK FACTS:

• Janne Wetzel scored two goals and added an assist. She tallied a team-high three shots on goal
• Maite Sturm and Svea Sturm each recorded two assists
• Lynea Gregory scored her first career goal on her lone shot attempt
• Sasha Elliott was only forced to make three saves on the afternoon
• VCU outshot Lock Haven 12-5 overall and 9-3 in shots on goal
• The Rams held a 10-5 advantage in penalty corners

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Rams had the game's first chance in the third minute as Wetzel forced a Lock Haven save on a shot attempt off a penalty corner
• Lock Haven looked to have taken a 1-0 lead in the 11^th minute off a penalty corner but the goal was disallowed
• Just before the end of the first quarter, VCU capitalized on its third penalty corner of the game as Wetzel's shot low and to the far post beat the goalkeeper to give the Rams a 1-0 lead. Maite and Svea Sturm each assisted on the goal which came in the 14^th minute of action
• Gregory pushed VCU's lead to 2-0 midway through the second quarter after Wetzel played her in behind the right side of Bald Eagles' defense. Gregory used her first hit to beat the goalkeeper to the near post
• The Rams scored just five minutes later in the 30^th minute to make it 3-0 as Wetzel again converted a penalty corner on assists from Maite and Svea Sturm
• In the second half, VCU's defense held Lock Haven at a distance and allowed just two shots in the second half and just one shot on goal

UP NEXT:
VCU hosts Bellarmine on Sunday, Sept. 19 at Cary Street Field for a 1 p.m. match.