ST. DAVIDS, Pa.- Eastern University Women's Soccer scored twice in the first half and added an insurance tally early in the second to earn a convincing 3-0 home win over Moravian College. Junior forward Kelsey Doutrich paced the Eastern attack with a goal and a pair of assists.

The Eagles (4-4-2) earned the bulk of possession early, but the Greyhounds (3-5-1) fought off three early corners and dodged a couple bullets on close range misses in the first 26 minutes. Doutrich set up the games first tally with a strong run through the midfield. She forced the defense to commit and pushed a nice pass to Ashley Graybill on her right. Graybill left no doubt with a solid strike just inside the far post for her first tally of the year.

Michelle Brown nearly doubled the lead after splitting a pair of defenders and earning the box seven minutes later. Moravian keeper Genevieve Chaleff deflected her low shot around the post for a corne. The Eagles finished the contest with a 9-2 edge in corners.

That pressure resulted in a another chance with just over five minutes to play in the opening frame. Amy Thomas negotiated a path through a pair of defenders and found Doutrich alone in central space. Doutrich lifted the ball just enough to get it past Chaleef for her 25th career tally.

Head Coach Dan Mouw believes Doutrich has provided a lift since her return from injury last week. 

"Kelsey understands how to score," Mouw said, "and she makes others better with her play-making. We are still trying to get a whole line-up together, but I think as our attacking players get more time together that we will see more and more success around the goal."

The Eagles held an 8-0 edge in shots at the half.

The Eastern pressure seemed to pick up another notch after the break. Chaleef turned away chances from Emily Roquemore and Tess Beckwith and came off her line to stuff another pair of breakaway chances. Graybill then hit the woodwork on a free kick from the edge of the box. 

The home side picked up the important insurance goal on a close range shot from Charlotte Laurie in the 66th minute. Doutrich created the third goal as well. She beat the Greyhound defense up the end line on the left side and snapped a cross from close range that was aimed for Alli Inch. Chaleef got her hands to the cross to keep it from Inch, but the ball squirted just far enough away for Laurie to bang home her third of the year.

Alysia Goodman managed her box, but did not need to make a save in securing the shutout.

Mouw was pleased with his team's paly in transition and their ability to adjust to some line up changes made necessary by injuries. He identified the play of Carly Inch, in her first game as a center back, as an important development.

"When we learned just before the game that McKenzi [Herbster] couldn't go, we had to make a decision," he said, "We knew we could slide Katie Ruth inside and she would be fine, but we felt that would take away too much going forward. Carly is really versatile, and she stepped right in and was super-solid."

The Eagles begin Freedom Conference competition at King's College Saturday afternoon and will host top-ranked Messiah College next Wednesday.