ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over Newman in its home opener on Thursday evening at Don Dallas Field. The Tritons improve to 3-0 and are off to their best start in nearly 30 years while the Jets drop to 0-2-1.

It would be a barrage of goals with five different players scoring for UMSL.

Jada Holloman got things started in the 13^th minute tallying her fourth goal of the season in three games. Josie Maddox assisted on the strike. Maddox started the sequence with shot on a goal from the top of the penalty box that was saved by Carla Apodaca. Apodaca couldn't control the rebound and Maddox won it box at the edge of the box and fired a cross into the center of the box to Holloman who finished it.

That assist wouldn't be Maddox's only contribution as she tallied a goal in the 16^th minute to make it 2-0 Tritons. Maddox took a touch on Jaycee Cotton's pass before sending a rocket into the top corner of the net from just outside the 18-yard box.

In the 30^th minute the Tritons scored off a set piece. Emily Bloomfield took the corner kick and found Julie Steiger at the top of the 6-yard box. Steiger headed the ball home inside the back post for her second goal in as many games giving UMSL a 3-0 lead.

The first half ended with freshman Gwen Maggard's first collegiate goal. In an All=Freshman affair, Abrianna Garrett fired a cross from the right corner into the box. Madi Riege redirected it off a defender and it fell to Maggard who knocked it home.

The Tritons final goal came halfway through the second half. Julia Murdoch intercepted a pass and fired a shot from 25 yards out past Emma Lintecum for her first goal in a Tritons uniform in the 69^th minute.

UMSL outshot Newman 22-2 including 12-1 in shots on goal. The Tritons had nine corner kicks in the contest.

Rylee Griffith made her first start of the season and collected her first clean sheet, making one save on the night.

UMSL returns to the pitch this Sunday (Sept. 15) as it travels to Springfield, Mo., to take on Drury in the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener for both teams at Harrison Stadium at the Curry Sports Complex.