Oct. 6, 2000

KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island picked up an impressive 6-1 victory over Temple in an Atlantic 10 matchup on Friday evening at the URI Soccer Complex.

Rhode Island junior Shannon Kittelson opened the scoring for the contest at the 8:10 mark when she headed in a corner from fellow junior Catherine Zanni to give the Rams a 1-0 lead. Kittelson notched her second goal of the game as she tallied an unassisted goal at the 13:11 mark for a 2-0 advantage. Zanni made the score 3-0 in favor of the Rams at the 20:51 mark as she put in a pass from sophomore Gina Rosen. With time running down in the first half, freshman Sarah Johnston closed out the scoring, putting in a pass from Kittelson at the 43:52 mark to make the score 4-0 at halftime.

Sophomore Heather Kasparek increased the lead for URI early in the second half after an assist from Rosen at the 53:49 mark made the score 5-0. Temple got their first goal of the game on an unassisted tally from senior Julie Marx at the 56:28 mark. Freshman Erica Young rounded out the scoring for the evening for Rhode Island when she tallied an unassisted goal at the 79:39 mark for the 6-1 final.

Sophomore Jamie Epperlein and junior Kate Hirsch combined to make three saves in goal in the Rhode Island victory while sophomore Courtney Woytowicz and graduate student Kristin Bakia made 8 stops for Temple in the setback.

The Rams, who improved to 10-1-1 for the season with a 2-1-0 record in the Atlantic 10 will return to action on Sunday, October 8 when they host St. Joseph's in an Atlantic 10 matchup at the URI Soccer complex at 1:00 p.m.

Game Summary
Temple (8-5-0, 1-3-0)	0	1	--	1
URI (10-1-1, 2-1-1)	4	2	--	6

First Half:	URI: Shannon Kittelson (Catherine Zanni), 8:10
		URI: Shannon Kittelson (Unassisted), 13:11
		URI: Zanni (Gina Rosen), 20:51
		URI: Sarah Johnston (Kittelson), 43:52
Second Half:	URI: Heather Kasparek (Rosen), 53:49
		TU: Julie Mark (Unassisted), 56:28
		URI: Erica Young (Unassisted), 79:39
Saves:		TU: Courtney Woytowicz (45:00, 3 saves, 4 goals),
                    Kristin Bakie (45:00, 5 saves, 6 goals)
                URI: Jamie Epperlein (75:00, 2 saves, 1 goal),
                     Kate Hirsch (15:00, 1 save, 0 goals)
Shots:		URI, 23, TU, 7