DAYTON – Sophomore Lauryn Contini led the University of Dayton women's soccer team in an offensive flurry, scoring a pair of goals to lead the Flyers to a 4-1 win over Saint Joseph's on Saturday at Baujan Field.
 
Dayton improves to 9-3-2 on the season and 6-0 in the A-10. Saint Joseph's falls to 4-9-1 on the season and 1-5 in the conference.
 
Contini got the Flyers on the board right away, finding the back of the net with her second goal of the season in the third minute of action off an assist from both senior midfielders Riley Kerber and Molly Russell.
 
The Hawks pulled even with a 37th-minute tally, snapping the Flyers' shutout streak at 620:35, the longest goalless streak for UD since at least 2004.
 
Dayton's pressure increased in the final 20 minutes, starting with senior Kyra Karfonta converting on a penalty kick in the 74th minute after Karli Ferguson drew a foul in the box.
 
Sophomore Liv Grenda tallied her third goal of the season 10 minutes later, flicking a shot over the keeper after Laney Smith and Emery Newlin set her up on the left side of the box.
 
Just three minutes later the Hawks committed a hand violation in the box, allowing Contini to cash in her second goal of the day on a PK.
 
Dayton dominated in total shots (25 to 6), shots on goal (11 to 4) and corner kicks (18 to 2) in the contest.
 
KEY STATS
25 – total shots for Dayton, marking the sixth time in A-10 play the Flyers have fired 15 or more shots
18 – corners drawn by the Flyers in the game
11 – shots on goal for UD, with Kyra Karfonta leading the way with three
10 – points on the season for team leader Laney Smith after assisting on Grenda's goal
8 – points on the season for both Lauryn Contini and Liv Grenda (3 goals, 2 assists)
 
UP NEXT
Dayton travels to Atlantic 10 preseason favorite Saint Louis with first place in the league on the line on Thursday, Oct. 16, taking on the Billikens at 8 p.m. ET.