DUBUQUE, Iowa – The Loras College women's soccer team kicked off its 2023 campaign by blanking the Aurora University Spartans, 6-0, on Friday evening in the Rock Bowl.

Julia Neary put the Duhawks on the board less than four minutes into the contest with a goal off of assists from Bella Talbot and Savannah Johnson.

Johnson added in her first goal of the night in the 15^th minute off of an assist from teammate Reagan Lindsay to give Loras the 2-0 advantage at the half.

The second half featured goals from four different Duhawks.

Hannah Schmitz found the back of the net at the 55:44 mark off of a pass from Lindsay to increase the Duhawk lead to 3-0.

Johnson tallied her second goal of the contest with a penalty kick in the 68^th minute. Five minutes later, Athena Sheets netted her first collegiate goal to hold a dominant 5-0 lead over the Spartans.

Erin Rankin scored the final goal of the night off of an assist from Isabel Russmann to secure the 6-0 victory for the Duhawks.

Loras (1-0) recorded 34 shots, 18 of which were on goal, while limiting Aurora (0-1) to just one shot on goal.

Kyndal Kells earned the win in the net for the Duhawks with one save.

Up Next: The Duhawks welcome the Concordia College (Minn.) Cobbers to the Rock Bowl for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.