FERRUM, Va. – Naomi Anderson (Youngsville, N.C.) and Mya Rivera (Parish, Fla.) each struck within an eight-minute span for the Guilford College women's soccer team, as they knocked Ferrum College from the ranks of the unbeatens with a 2-0 victory at Penn-Roediger Field in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) action on Wednesday evening.

The Quakers pick up their first outright victory of their ODAC slate with the win, improving to 1-1-1 in league play, and 7-2-2 overall. The Panthers suffered their first setback of the season, meanwhile, dropping to 11-1-0 overall and 2-1-0 against conference competition.

Ady Franken (Peoria, Ill.) added yet another clean sheet to her ledger, accumulating her sixth shutout and sixth victory of the campaign, improving to 6-2-2 facing 12 shots and stopping six. Ashli Wuss, who had only been scored upon five times in 11 matches to this point, permitted a pair of goals against eight saves on the 23 total shots sent her way, suffering her first defeat of the year to fall to 11-1-0.

Anderson netted the game-winning score, her third of the season, with Rivera adding a tally of her own. Both were unassisted. Jenna Shotton (Walnut Cove, N.C.) finished with a game-leading six shot attempts, three of them on goal, tied with Anderson for the team-high. Rivera finished with four total shots with Kylee Berry (Kernersville, N.C.), Karly Griffin (Fort Mill, S.C.), and Trinity Robinson (Burlington, N.C.) getting one shot on frame for the guests. Bri Bitz served as the offensive focal point for the Panthers, leading them in shots with four, and a trio of shots on goal. Jamie Adams, Kayla Fedison, and Amber Nicole Gillen also got shots on frame.

The Panthers were the initiators of the action in the matches' early stages, taking the first four shots of the night, including the first two on frame over the first 11 minutes and change. From there, the Quakers began to assert themselves, with Anderson getting a look on frame that was handled just ahead of the 14-minute mark although after that time, each squad only had a single shot on goal apiece.

That's not to say the opening stanza did not see much action, quite the contrary, in fact, with 16 total shots taken between the two clubs, and Guilford holding the edge, 9-7. However, there were not many looks of high quality as only five shots threatened the twine with the hosts holding the advantage, 3-2 in that category, in addition to taking the only corner of the half.

The Quakers seized the advantage early in the second half of play. Maneuvering from the right sideline towards the center of the pitch, and into the upper-right portion of the 18', Anderson got a sliver of daylight and took advantage of it. Using her left foot, the graduate student went far side, with her shot settling into the left side of the frame about medium height for the opening tally, her sixth of the season.

Maintaining the pressure, the guests doubled the advantage less than eight minutes later. Receiving a feed from the right wing, Rivera used her chest to settle the ball, before battling through some contact to shake the Ferrum defender in the center of the pitch. She took advantage of the newly found space that she was granted, dribbling straight-away from just beyond the arch above the 18-yard box, using her left foot to tuck a beautiful shot into the upper-right intersection to double the advantage with her third goal of the year.

Staked to a multi-goal advantage, the Quakers largely settled back and settled in, limiting the scoring chances for FC. They were also aggressive in seeking their own chances to add on, pilling up 14 shots in the frame, half of them on goal. Conversely, the hosts only finished with five shot attempts in the half, albeit with four of them on target, but Franken deterred them all to bring the final score to 2-0 in favor of GC.

The Quakers head north once more to battle Eastern Mennonite University next on Saturday, October 12^th. First kick against the Royals is set for 3 PM.  

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