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WESTERVILLE, Ohio- The Cardinals are off to a 2-0 start in conference action after a dominating performance Wednesday night inside of Memorial Stadium.

Otterbein jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on its way to blanking the visiting Pioneers of Marietta College, 3-0.

THE MATCH:

• It took just under six minutes for the Cardinals to take a 1-0 lead; it came at the 5:49 mark when Payton Kaufman collected a rebound in mid-air and delivered a header into the upper left corner of the net.
   
• The Cards added on just before the break when Lauren Alley used some fancy footwork to break down a defender and find her fourth score of the season.
   
• Late in the second half, Mackenzie Peeke did her best impression of the Alley goal for the third score of the night. Peeke used a quick tap ahead to blow past her defender before she sent a shot across the face of the goal that floated into the upper left corner.
   

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Marietta managed just four shots, all coming in the first half.
   
• The Cardinal offense produced 23 shots (10 on target) and a whopping 17 corner kicks.
   
• Otterbein not lost to Marietta on the women's soccer field in two decades.
   

UP NEXT:

The Cardinals will hit the road for a 2 p.m. start with Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.