ANNAPOLIS, Md. – After facing its first setback of the season, the University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team rebounded with a dominant 2-0 victory over Delaware on Friday evening in Annapolis, Md.

The shutout was already the third of the season for the Quakers and junior keeper Kitty Qu. Sasha Stephens, who opened the year with Penn's first goal, buried her second of the season in just the fifth minute directly off a corner kick. Freshman Jackie Bruder planted her name on the stat sheet for the first time in her career later in the first half to double the Red and Blue advantage.

NOTES
*Jackie Bruder earned the first points of her career.

*Bruder becomes the sixth different Quaker to score this season.

*Kitty Qu completed her third clean sheet of 2018. She is nearing her career high of five in a season.

*Qu, a first team All-Ivy pick last year, has 11 saves while conceding just a single goal through four games. Her save percentage rose to 91.7%

*Allie Trzaska assisted on Bruder's goal, her third of the year, a team-high.

*Trzaska also recorded a career-high eight shots.

*Penn had three corners and four shots in the first five minutes.

*The goals were the first scored in the first half this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Entering Friday, Penn had scored six goals in the first two games of the season, but was shutout for the first time a week ago at home by No. 13 North Carolina State. The Quakers looked eager to put that behind them, blitzing Delaware for four shots and three corners within the first five minutes of the contest. That pressure led to an early breakthrough when Stephens bent her corner kick directly into the net, beating the Blue Hen keeper.

The Red and Blue didn't stop there, continuing to hammer Delaware. The Blue Hens didn't register their first shot until 15 minutes had already passed and Qu wasn't forced to make a save until the half-hour mark had come and gone.

In the 27th minute, Penn doubled its advantage. Trzaska flicked a ball to Bruder, who finished off her first career goal in just the second game she's played. The assist was Trzaska's third already, a team-high.

The Quakers entered the break clenching to that two-goal lead while also holding an 11-2 shot advantage. In the second half, both teams mustered only four shots apiece to give Penn its third win in the opening four games.

UP NEXT
Penn stays in Annapolis, Md. to take on Navy on Sunday at 3 p.m.