NEWBERRY - The Newberry Wolves scored seven of the game's first eight goals on the way to a 15-8 win over the University of the District of Columbia on Friday evening.

Newberry moves to 2-1 overall entering Saturday's 3 p.m. South Atlantic Conference opener at Lincoln Memorial. The Wolves then play at Chowan on Monday and a neutral site game vs. UVa-Wise on Tuesday.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Jessica Baxtrom scored seven points on the day with five goals and two assists.
• Kylee Shoop added two goals and two assists. Naomi Killian also scored a pair of goals.
• Amber Walls scored four goals for the UDC Firebirds.
• Morgan Raffaele picked up six ground balls out of the team's 25.
• Brandy Bowman made nine saves in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Wolves started off on fire, scoring four goals in the first four and a half minutes. Shoop scored less than a minute into the game and by the time 20 minutes had passed, Newberry was up 7-1.

The Firebirds scored most of their goals from free position opportunities in a foul-heavy game, including the first goal of the second half to cut the Newberry lead to 9-3.

Baxtrom scored two of the first three goals for the Wolves in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Those goals gave Newberry a 12-3 advantage, but the running clock rule was never enforced as UDC scored three straight to cut the lead to 12-6.

An impressive Helen Kuhn goal on the fast break stopped the scoring run and goals by Olivia Knight and Baxtrom in the final minutes put a cap on the win.