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Box Score

SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2014)-- Karley Mecko collected a pair of header goals helping the 13th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Parkside women's soccer claim its third consecutive shutout with a 4-0 win over the University of Missouri-Saint Louis in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match on Sunday at Don Dallas Field.

Mecko got things started for the visiting Rangers (10-0-2, 8-0-2 GLVC) in the 12th minute, heading the ball past the keeper off a Niekie Pellens corner kick. The scoreline remained 1-0 at the halftime break before UW-Parkside erupted for three goals in the final 45 minutes of play.

Mecko struck again in the 56th minute, finding the back of the net on a header after Pellens once again served the ball into the box on a corner kick. The goal was Mecko's team-leading seventh score of the year while Pellens notched her team-best ninth assist.

Bailey Reed pushed the Ranger advantage to 3-0 in the 73rd minute, blasting the ball from 22 yards out for her third score of the season with Jae Jay Usab claiming the assist. Pellens closed out the scoring with a header in the 80th minute, increasing Parkside's cushion to four with her first goal of the 2014 campaign.

UW-Parkside outshot UMSL by a 15-9 margin, including a 10-3 edge in shots on frame.

Mallory Geurts made three saves in goal to collect the clean sheet. Geurts along with the Ranger defense have allowed just two goals all season, posting 10 shutouts this season.The Tritons' Megan Ohm yielded four goals and made five saves in the losing effort.

The Rangers return to the friendly confines of Wood Road Field on Friday, hosting Truman State University at 3:30 p.m.