Women's Soccer Registers 5-1 Victory Against Jacksonville

9/2/2003

Head Coach Sue-Moy Chin wins first career game at Pittsburgh as four Panthers notch goals.

ORLANDO, Fla. --Senior forward Emily Tipton scored a pair of goals and sophomore forward Sara Gutting added a goal and two assists to lead the Pittsburgh women?s soccer team to a 5-1 victory over Jacksonville on Monday.  With the win, Pittsburgh improves to 1-1-0 overall while Jacksonville drops to 1-1-0.

The victory was first-year head coach Sue-Moy Chin?s first at Pittsburgh.

?I?m extremely pleased of how we responded after our loss on Saturday.  We came out today with a great effort and capitalized on some early chances.  I thought we played well and it?s good to see some of the things we?ve been working on in training transfer over to the games,? Chin said.

Tipton scored the first of her two goals in the fourth minute when she took a pass from Gutting and put the ball away from the left corner to make it 1-0.  Pittsburgh would make it 2-0 three minutes later when Tipton scored her second goal from the left side after receiving another pass from Gutting.

Pittsburgh went up 3-0 when Jennifer DeLaHoz carried the ball a long ways after receiving a pass from Erin Hills and found the back of the net.

Jacksonville got on the board when Ranveig Aas-Hanssen scored on an unassisted shot inside the box in the 41^st minute.

The Panthers added a pair of goals late in the second half when Gutting received a pass from Kristina Francois and booted the ball past the goalkeeper from 40 yards away in the 85^th minute.  Three minutes later Carli Brill provided the final tally for Pittsburgh when she scored off a rebound.

Pittsburgh is back in action on Saturday when the Panthers host Maryland-Baltimore County at 1 p.m. at Founders Field.

SCORING SUMMARY

                                (1)           (2)           F

Jacksonville          1              0              1

Pittsburgh             3              2              5

GOAL SUMMARY

Emily Tipton (UP) from Sara Gutting/Netta Agredano, 3:39, shot from left corner

Emily Tipton (UP) from Sara Gutting, 6:35, score from left side

Jennifer DeLaHoz (UP) from Erin Hills, 11:54, carry to goal

Ranveig Aas-Hanssen (JU), unassisted, 40:51, inside penalty box

Sara Gutting (UP) from Kristina Francois, 84:54, 40-yard shot

Carli Brill (UP), unassisted, 88:33, rebound shot