CHARLESTON S.C.- The Lady Bucs improved to 5-4-1 on the season this afternoon with a 5-0 win over South Carolina State who fell to 1-4-1 on the season. The Lady Bucs clearly controled the game as the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State struggled to keep pace with the forceful Lady Bucs.

The Lady Bucs were quick to prove who was in control with a goal from Briana Murphy only a minute and a half in to the game, her first of two goals for the game. CSU would continue their drive toward the goal with five shot attmepts, when a foul on South Carolina State inside the box would give CSU a penalty kick. Briana Murphy would take the kick into the corner of the goal past the Lady Bulldog's goalkeeper Alechia Brothers for her, and the team's, second goal of the game to make the score 2-0 in the 15th minute of play.

Senior Sarah Catenacci would come in off the bench in the 20th minute of play, and score her third goal of the season less than two minutes later off an assist from Lindsey Trexler at the top of the box, giving the Lady Bucs a 3-0 lead, and Trexler her third assist of the season. Feeling the rush of adrenaline, the Lady Bucs would continue the scoring freenzy with a goal by sophomore Caitlin Wesnesky, her third of the season, and giving Briana Murphy her second assist of the season. The first half would end with another ten attempts from the Lady Bucs and only two by the Lady Bulldogs.

The second half would be much of the same with the Lady Bucs outshooting their opponents 21-0. CSU would drive forward with the ball for the first half of the second period, with shots spread across the field coming from Olivia Urig, Sarah Catenacci, Christine Bethke, Anja Djumisic and Caitlin Gunyan, all putting the ball near the net, but with no avail. Sophomore Michelle Dennis would be the final Lady Buc to add to the scoreboard in the 64th minute of play to seal the game at a score of 5-0, with Anja Djumisic tallying the assist, her first of the season.

The Lady Bucs would finish out the game with another ten shot attempts to end the game with a total of 43 shots, and 28 shots on goal. The 43 total shots is only one short of the program record of 44 shots taken by the Lady Bucs in a single game. The record of 44 shots was set against the South Carolina Lady Bulldogs back in 2000.

The Lady Bucs are back in action at the Virginia Military Institute on October 4 at 4 p.m.