SEATTLE, Wa. (Sept. 13)-Karen France scored twice and Michelle Sanders garnered a pair of assists as Seattle Pacific University routed Northwest Nazarene 7-0, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's soccer match Saturday night at Interbay Stadium.

The victory was the Falcons (5-1-0, 2-1-0 GNAC) ninth straight at home, a streak that dates back to 2002.

Michelle Everson (So., Tacoma, Wa./Stadium) opened up scoring at 6:09 with a left side free kick from thirty yards out. Everson lofted the ball over the top of NNU keeper Shauna Voss and into the right corner of the net.

A Michelle Sanders (Jr., Centralia, Wa.) penalty-kick made it 2-0 (30:48) at half time.

In the second half of play, Seattle Pacific gained steam. The Falcons scored three times in five minutes beginning with an unassisted 16-yard strike from the foot of Allison Teague (So., Redmond, Wa./Bellevue Christian/Santa Clara) (46:47).

At 50:00, freshman Theresa Morelli (Bellevue, Wa./Bellevue Christian) garnered her second goal of the season and at 51:49, Karen France (Jr., Woodland Park, Co./Palmer) headed in her first, as teammate Shannon Lovejoy (So., Seattle, Wa./Seattle Prep.) slipped a pass to a streaking Sarah Melby (Jr., Mukilteo, Wa./Kamiak/Idaho). Melby crossed the ball from the right corner to the six-yard line and France finished with a header to the left post.

Heidi Jacobson (So., Kirkland, Wa./Cedar Park Christian/Gonzaga) put a Sanders pass to the left post at 66:18 to make it 6-0, Falcons. Sanders assisted again on France's final score at 73:43. Seattle Pacific set a new school record for shots in a match with 30. The previous mark of 27 was registered in Idaho against NNU in '02. The Crusaders managed one shot.

Voss registered 18 saves and Seattle Pacific's Jennifer Hull saved one en route to her fourth shutout of the season.

The Falcons finish out their four-game home stand with a match against Montana State Billings on Monday afternoon (Sept. 15). Kick-off is scheduled for 4PM.

SCORING:
1) SPU, Everson (unassisted) 6:09.
2) SPU, Sanders (penalty kick) 30:48.
3) SPU, Teague (unassisted) 46:47.
4) SPU, Morelli (unassisted) 50:00.
5) SPU, France (Lovejoy, Melby) 51:49.
6) SPU, Jacobson (Sanders) 66:18.
7) SPU, France (Sanders) 73:43.

SHOTS: SPU 30, NNU 1.

CORNER KICKS: SPU 7, NNU 1.

SAVES: NNU (Voss 18), SPU (Hull 1, Pierce, Ruggles)

FOULS: NNU 4, SPU 8.

CAUTIONS: None.