BOXSCORE

Wheaton, Ill. – The Thunder women's soccer team, ranked 12th in this week's NSCAA Division III Coaches Poll, was a 3-0 victor under windy conditions against Elmhurst College (9-4-1/2-3-0) on Saturday afternoon at Joe Bean Stadium. Junior Jaime Orewiler scored all three Wheaton goals to record her first hat-trick of the season.

Today's victory was the 11th straight win for the Thunder, to improve the team to 15-2 overall and 5-0 in CCIW action. Wheaton will travel to third-ranked Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday at 4:30 PM for a key conference match against the undefeated Titans. WETN radio will broadcast Wednesday's match at 88.1 FM in the Wheaton area and online at www.wetn.org. Video will also be available online here.

Wheaton took a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute on a goal by junior Jaime Orewiler. Orewiler collected the ball at the top of the penalty box dribbled the ball past the Elmhurst defense and put the ball up and over Bluejay goalkeeper Allison Korbel to give her team a 1-0 lead. In the 32nd minute sophomore Val Lelle had the ball at the end line and passed to Orewiler who blasted the ball into the net at the opposite post, to extend Wheaton's lead to 2-0. Wheaton held a 2-0 lead at halftime.

Orewiler netted her third goal and Wheaton's third goal of the match in the 62nd minute when she collected the ball on a long pass from Kristen Clark and put it in the back of the net to account for the 3-0 final score.

Wheaton out-shot Elmhurst 22-10 in the match, while the Bluejays had a 5-1 edge in corner kicks. Wheaton goalkeeper Hilary Barreto made three saves in recording her third shutout of the season. Korbel made three saves in the Bluejays' net.