Box Score NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 12, Trinity Wash. 0
Records: Piedmont, 1-0; Trinity Wash. 0-1

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Piedmont University women's soccer team opened its 2025 campaign on the road earlier this afternoon with a dominant 12-0 victory over Trinity Washington University. 

The contest was the first of four regular season games set on the road for the Lions who have not played four straight away games to open the season since the 2023 slate began with four straight away from Walker Athletic Complex - four games that included a pair of top ten opponents. 

After playing an exhibition contest last night in Baltimore, Piedmont showed no fatigue in today's contest as Madison Johnson scored a near-post blast in the 2nd minute of the game to open up the scoring.  Johnson recorded a brace in the first game of her sophomore season scoring again just nine minutes later to make it 3-0 after a goal was scored just a minute earlier by Piedmont. 

An Emma Bierbauer score in the 19th minute preceded two goals from freshmen Megan Gates which came only nine minutes apart split by a well-placed finish from Christina Sierra in the 27th minute.  

Jocelyn Maseda's goal in the 37th minute capped the first half scoring as Piedmont dominated leading 8-0 at the break.  Bierbauer scored again in the 49th minute before junior Zoe Harrison scored six minutes later to give Piedmont a 10-0 margin. 

Goals separated by three minutes then put the game to rest as newcomer Keira Ferrera scored an unassisted effort just before Savannah Jerome notched a goal in the 65th. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--Two different freshman goalkeepers kept the net clean for Piedmont with Kendyl Lloyd and Jordan Atkinson both earning parts of the shutout.
--Four players earned a brace on the day scoring a pair including one in her Piedmont debut with Commerce native Megan Gates scoring twice in her first start of her freshman year. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
--Piedmont held a large advantage in the shot count and scored two goals in the first 10 minutes for the second time in the last four games dating back to the '24 season. 
--Overall, Piedmont used 17 different players in the victory.

UP NEXT:
--The Lions wil stay on its road trip with an early 1 p.m. kickoff at Regent University on Saturday.  The game will take place at Norfolk Christian High School located at 255 Thole St, Norfolk, VA 23505.

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