LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese women's soccer team left no doubt on the field Sunday afternoon as an explosive Cowgirl offensive unit received goals from six different players in a 6-2 victory over Prairie View A&M at Cowgirl Field.

Sunday's victory pushed McNeese to 4-4 overall on the year as it finished out its non-conference slate while the Panthers dropped to an 0-6 mark overall.
 
"It was good to get back in the win column today," said head coach Drew Fitzgerald. "It was good to get different players time on the field to work out some kinks. We will now turn our focus to league play and Central Arkansas."
 
The Cowgirls were in no mood to play around as junior Savannah LaRicci scored one of the quickest goals in program history when she broke away and netted a shot from the top of the 18^th just over one minute into the contest that gave her team a 1-0 lead. Defender Nikki Schaaf was credited with an assist on the play.
 
LaRicci was the catalyst in McNeese's dominating victory against Prairie View as she fired off a career-high 10 shots, eight of which were on goal, and scored her sixth goal this season. LaRicci was also credited with two assists during the match.
 
McNeese upped its lead to two goals in the 31^st minute as junior Gabi D'Alesandro netted her first goal of the season off a ricochet shot bounced off of the Lady Panthers goalkeeper and snuck behind for the score.
 
Senior Bettina Brulhart provided the game-winning goal just two minutes later as she recorded her second goal of the year off of a throw in and battled past the Prairie View defense to give her team a three-score lead. The goal was assisted by D'Alesandro.
 
The last goal of the first half occurred in the 34^th minute when Kelley Clancey launched a shot past the keeper following a set-up assist from both LaRicci and D'Alesandro that gave McNeese a 4-0 lead.
 
Kirsten Diaz scored her first career goal midway through the second half as she received a pass from LaRicci and scored from close range to make it a 5-0 score in favor of the Cowgirls.
 
Prairie View A&M answered with back-to-back goals that cut the McNeese lead to a 5-2 score but were unable to alter the Cowgirls' mindset and were stifled the rest of the way.
 
Freshman Alexis Rodriguez nailed the last goal for McNeese in the 85^th minute as she netted the first of her career on a pass from D'Alesandro and shot past the keeper for the 6-2 advantage.
 
D'Alesandro's three assists in the game were the highest total in a game of her career, as she became just the fifth Cowgirl in school history to record three or more assists in a game.
 
McNeese goalkeeper Brianna Lovett picked up her second win of the season after serving all 90 minutes in between the posts. She made a career-high six saves on 12 shots faced.
 
The Cowgirls dominated the shots column with a 26-12 count while leading in corner kicks, 8-3.
 
McNeese returns to Southland Conference action Friday, Sept. 23 as the Cowgirls host Central Arkansas in a match slated to kick off at 7 p.m.