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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The CNU women's soccer team opened its season on Friday night, suffering a 7-0 setback to the number one team in the nation, two-time defending national champion Messiah College. Sophomore goalkeeper registered a new career-high in her first start, with eleven.

The Captains took on Messiah in a neutral site contest at Virginia Wesleyan College on Friday night. They will return to Virginia Beach for a game against Montclair State University tomorrow evening at 5:00 pm.

Tonight, the Captains went down 5-0 by the first half, including a goal scored before the first minute was out by Messiah's Joanna Haqq off an assist from 2008 National Player of the Year Amanda Naeher. Naeher would add a pair of goals in the contest, dropping CNU to 0-1-0 on the season.

CNU managed four shots in the game, including three on-frame. Lauren Fleming, Carly Utterback and Jackie Bond forced the Messiah keeper to make saves. The CNU keeper, sophomore Meghan Gumbs notched a new career-high in saves with 11, while playing the full 90 for the Captains. 

Live stats of tomorrow's game are available at http://www.vwc.edu/athletics/wsoccer/live/xlive.htm . Kick-off is slated for 5:00 pm.

CNU                     0    0       0
#1 MESSIAH       5    2       7

0:56     MESSIAH   Haqq, Joanna from Naeher
7:43     MESSIAH   Naeher, Amanda from Sipe
19:32   MESSIAH   Naeher, Amanda from Haqq
26:48   MESSIAH   Platek, Aly unassisted
37:40   MESSIAH   Brandt, Alex from Shirk & Andrews
59:55   MESSIAH   Sipe, Leah from Bletz
71:24   MESSIAH   Rogers, Ali unassisted

Shots: MESSIAH (26), CNU (4)
Corner Kicks: MESSIAH (11), CNU (0)
Saves: MESSIAH - Reilly (3); CNU - Gumbs (11)