BOXSCORE

Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton Thunder women's soccer team earned a 2-0 victory at home against Hope College on Saturday night. Wheaton, ranked fourth in Division III this week, is now 10-2-0 overall. The Thunder will return to action next Friday at 4:30 PM when Carthage visits for Wheaton's Homecoming activities. Hope is now 4-5-1 on the year.

The Thunder and the Flying Dutch battled through a scoreless tie, until the 39th minute, when senior Taryne Lee scored from in front of the net off of a Jaime Orewiler assist. The score remained a 1-0 Wheaton advantage for the remainder of the first half. Lee extended Wheaton's lead in the 64th minute when she scored an unassisted goal from the top left portion of the box for a 2-0 Wheaton advantage that would become the final score.

With the two goals tonight, Lee now has a team-best 13 goals on the year and increases her school record to 90 career goals. She is the first Wheaton women's soccer player to reach 90 career goals and only the 22nd women's soccer player in NCAA Division III history to reach the 90-goal milestone.

Wheaton out-shot Hope 36-6 in the match, with a 13-1 edge in corner kicks. Wheaton goalkeeper Hillary Barreto made two saves in posting her fifth shutout of the year. Hope netminder Kelsey Bos made 13 saves in the Flying Dutch net, allowing two goals in the match.