Box Score (LEBANON, Ill., Sep. 23)- Junior forward Amy Cassiday (Rochester, Ill./Rochester) scored two goals and also had an assist on Sunday afternoon to help pace the McKendree University women's soccer team to a 5-0 conference win over Saint Joseph's College (Ind.).

The Bearcats improved to 5-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference after the victory, and will return to the pitch on Friday, Sep. 28 in Romeoville, Ill., to face Lewis University in a GLVC contest at 7:30 p.m.

McKendree took a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute on a goal by junior midfielder Tara Kennedy (Waterloo, Ill./Gibault Catholic), her first of the season, on an assist by freshman midfielder Jordyn Reiniger (Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville).

Cassiday scored her first goal of the day in the 27th minute on a double-assist by junior midfielder Sadie Delashmit (Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington) and senior forward Carlee Luehmann (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) to take a 2-0 lead, and freshman midfielder Alyssa Patterson (Troy, Ill./Triad) scored unassisted in the 28th minute to give the Bearcats a 3-0 lead heaidng into the half.

Cassiday scored her second goal of the day, and fourth of the season, in the 51st minute with an assist by Kennedy to put McKendree in front 4-0, and Cassiday recorded an assist just over a minute later on a goal by Luehmann that sealed the win 5-0.

Junior goalkeeper Maggie Dudas (St. Peters, Mo./Ft. Zumwalt South) played 64:18 in goal and had three saves, while improving to 5-1-1 overall. Freshman goalkeeper Tayler Pulvirenti (Maryville, Ill./Collinsville) played 25:42 in goal and one save in her first collegiate appearance. The duo combined to record the team shutout.