PEMBROKE – UNCP scored three times in the first nine minutes of the second half to break an otherwise close game wide open as the Lady Braves kept their unblemished record intact with a 4-1 rout of visiting Queens Wednesday afternoon in women's soccer action at Varsity Grounds.

Freshman Sam Dunn scored the game's first goal and added an assist on Sarah Day's gamewinner early in the second stanza to highlight the offensive output for the Lady Braves (3-0-0) who, with Wednesday's 25-9 disparity, have now out-shot their opponents 76-16 on the season. Lefke Boysen scored for the second-straight contest, Jamie Clarke added a pair of assists and Faye Corbett punched in her first goal of the season to round out the scoring for the Black and Gold.

Although having its scoreless streak snapped at more than 300 minutes, the Lady Braves stayed perfect after three games for the fourth-straight season. Goalkeeper Whitney Beverly had her scoreless minutes streak stopped at 274:04 with an 83rd minute score by April Robertson of Queens (1-3-0).

The Lady Braves played 22 members of 24-woman roster. Backup netminder Kristen Parker declined an earlier entrance into the contest in hopes of seeing Beverly notch her third-straight shutout, but saw more than seven minutes of action once the clean sheet was spoiled.

“At halftime I told them that, for the third-straight game, we statistically dominated an opponent in the first half but only came away with a 1-0 lead,” said UNCP head coach Lars Andersson. “That's the most dangerous lead you can have. I guess they took it to heart because we just came out and dominated the opening minutes of the second half. It was a total team effort tonight.”

Holding a 16-4 shot advantage and a 1-0 lead at the break on a Dunn goal in the 24th tick, UNCP would put the game away by the end of the 54th minute on a trio of scores. Day notched her team-leading third goal of the season off a Dunn assist at the 50:25 mark and Lefke Boysen and Faye Corbett scored less than two minutes apart in the 53rd and 54th minutes, respectively.

UNCP will open up a three-game road trip on Saturday when it treks to Murfreesboro for an afternoon tilt with Chowan (2-1-1). Following their date with the Hawks, the Lady Braves will travel to Wingate (Sept. 12) and Georgia College (Sept. 15) before returning home on September 19 for a Wednesday afternoon match-up with Armstrong Atlantic.