ALLENTOWN, Pa.--- The Cedar Crest College Soccer squad defeated the Pratt Institute Cannoneers 7-0 to close out Home Coming weekend at the FalconPlex on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Falcons are now 4-4 on the season after holding Pratt scoreless for 90 minutes. It only took the Black and Yellow 23-seconds to get on the board, when a pass from sophomore Brittney Dunleavy (Auburn, Pa./Blue Mountain) found the foot of Daria Warner (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) to take a 1-0 lead. Cedar Crest would score their second goal of the game in the 10th minute by the same combination of Dunleavy to Warner for a goal, giving Warner seven goals this season. Dunleavy would score her first goal of the game after a crossing pass from freshman Madison VanKirk (Northumberland, Pa./Shikellamy) was sent into the box from the right-side, grazed the head of Warner, and Dunleavy got her right-foot behind the ball to put the Falcons up 3-0 in the 17th minute of the game.
In the 22nd minute, senior Kelsey Kehm (Trappe, Pa./Perkiomen Valley), who just entered the contest, came in and struck a shot from just outside the left-side corner of the 18-yard box to extend the lead to 4-0, which held until halftime.
 
Dunleavy would net her second goal of the game and fifth of the season in the just 38 seconds into the second half. Freshman Jordan Cicio (Wantage, N.J./High Point) would tally her first collegiate goals in the victory, with her first goal coming in the 71st minute with a shot from the left-side of the 18-yard box into the top right corner of the net. Cicio's second goal of the match came just nine-minutes later, in the 80th minute, to put the Falcons up 7-0, which would end the scoring on the afternoon, giving Cedar Crest the 7-0 win.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Lauren Makely (Lake Grove/Sachem North) got the start in today's match, facing just one shot on goal in the first half. She was then relieved by freshman Emily Rodriguez (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury), who played the entire second half, in her collegiate debut. Makely would receive the victory in the decision, putting her record at 4-4.
 
The Black and Yellow outshot the Cannoneers 24-1 with 12 shots going on goal. Cedar Crest also earned five Corner Kicks and did not allow Pratt to earn one at all.
 
The Falcons open Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) play with their next contest, as they start on a two-game road trip. Cedar Crest will travel to Bryn Athyn College on Thursday, October 3 for a 7:00 PM game under the lights at Nelson Field.