SWEET BRIAR, VA --- Piedmont College entered Saturday's match against Sweet Briar College with out a loss or a goal allowed for the 2011-2012 season.  SBC would change one of those stats.  The Lions tallied the game's first score in the opening minutes. SBC goalkeeper Lindsey Wilson  ('14/Bedford, Va.) fended off three quick Piedmont shots, but Lion midfielder Dilyn MacClean's ('14/Blue Ridge, Ga.) tenacity in the box paid off as she collected her own rebound and netted the game's first goal.  Several minutes later, the Vixens would even the score as Sierra Palmieri ('12/Ft. Collins, Colo.) and Rebecca Buechler ('14/Chesapeake, Va.) teamed up for the SBC goal. 

 The Vixen defense worked the ball from its own defensive third through the middle and down the right side.  Palmieri deftly beat a defender on the right flank and then sent a laser cross to a crashing Buechler who expertly headed the ball past the Piedmont goalkeeper.  The Vixen's lone goal was the first score conceded by the Lions this season.

Just under seven minutes later, an errant handball inside the Vixen 18-yard box led to the Lions' second, and eventual game winning, score.  Senior Justine Clay (Buford, Ga.) buried the first of her game best three goals on the ensuing penalty kick.  Five minutes later, Clay would beat Wilson again, this time with a shot placed just inside the upper right hand corner.  Clay would close out first half scoring with her third goal at the 33:56 mark.  The Vixens found success by switching fields and feeding runners on the flanks, but a stingy Lion defense all but shut down the Vixen midfield.  The Vixens ended the half down one goal to four.

The Lions opened the second frame just as they began the game:  pushing the tempo on offense and generating numerous shots on goal.  The Vixen defensive unit had trouble keeping up with the Lions' speed of play as Piedmont continued to throw numbers up top.  Macie Rooke ('13/Sugar Hill, Ga.) opened second half scoring on an assist from sophomore Rebecca Johnson (Decatur, GA).  Elizabeth Farmer ('14/Dallas, Ga.) knocked in a right-side cross from Amber Hyche ('15/Foley, Ala.) for the game's final goal.

The Vixen Soccer record falls to 1-2 for the season.  SBC begins its conference schedule next weekend when they face defending ODAC champion Lynchburg College for a 4:30pm match up at Shellenberger Field.