THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Women's Soccer team earned its first victory in the state of Hawaii in school history after defeating Hawaii Pacific 2-1 Thursday evening. Audrey Alderink and Delaney Schmidt entered in the goal column as DBU (2-0-1) held off the Sharks (1-1) for the remainder of the match.

Ebony Madrid opened up the scoring for HPU as a right-footed finish got past Hope Koym in the 68th minute. Ten minutes later, Audrey Alderink tallied her first goal of the season to knot the match up at 1-1.

Kaci Parks found Delaney Schmidt heading for the net in the 86th minute as she buried home the game-winning goal putting the Patriots up 2-1.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - With Alderink's goals, six different Patriots have scored in three games. 
 - The Patriots attempted seven shots on goal opposed to the Sharks four. 
 - DBU matches its best start to a season since 2015 at 2-0-1.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
7 – DBU had seven players log all 90 minutes on the pitch.

6 – The Patriots took six corner kicks during the contest.

3 – Hope Koym remains undefeated on the year, and saved three shots.


UP NEXT
DBU plays Chaminade starting at 6:00 p.m. on September 14.