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SAN DIEGO - Krista Gregory rocketed in a shot from 30 yards out just three minutes into the match and the Sea Lions scored five goals in the second half to send the Point Loma women's soccer team to a 6-1 victory over Chaminade on Saturday, Oct. 13.

The win keeps the Sea Lions (9-2-1, 7-1-1 PacWest) in first place in the PacWest standings with 20 points. They have now won nine of their last 11 contests. Chaminade is still looking for its first win of the season. The Silverswords are 0-10-0 on the season and 0-8-0 in the PacWest.

The match would be just 1-0 at the half before a strong second half surge sealed any doubt of a Sea Lions' win. Natalie Swift would start a scoring outburst in the 50th minute which would see the Sea Lions put up three goals in two minutes. First Swift beat her defender and the goalie on a shot from the middle of the box following an assist from Codi Cameron.

Brooke Winklepleck recorded a goal in the 52nd minute on a shot from the top of the box that snuck over the head of Chaminade's leaping goalie. Kallie Caldwell had the assist. Swift would then help cap off the scoring run for Point Loma by finding Claire Matthews open in the middle of the box for another score to put PLNU in front 4-0.

Tara Kracy and Heather Cady would each add a goal later in the half. This was the second goal of the season for Kracy and the first for Cady.

"I felt the girls played a solid first half soccer-wise but I didn't see that energy and passion," said Point Loma head coach Tim Hall. "At half we talked about it and in the second half we played really well. We played with passion and went to goal.

"It was a good win and we did what we needed to do to get the win," added Hall.

The Point Loma women's soccer team will now close out their regular season with five of the last six matches on the road. They open the trip on Wednesday, Oct. 17th against Cal State San Marcos at 4:00 p.m.

"Its fine, we have to do well either place," said Hall. "This team has proven itself on the road in the past in national tournaments. It's soccer whenever you play and I'm excited to see what happens."