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EAST STROUDSBURG - Four players found the net, including three in the first half, and senior goalkeeper Brittain Wagner had eight saves as No. 15-ranked East Stroudsburg University extended its unbeaten, unscored upon start to four games with a 4-0 victory over Mercyhurst in PSAC women's soccer on Saturday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

ESU has outscored its first four opponents by a combined score of 8-0 - Kutztown (1-0), at Mansfield (1-0), Gannon (2-0) and Mercyhurst (4-0) - on its way to its longest unbeaten, untied start since the 1995 team started 6-0.

Freshman midfielder Shea Neal opened the scoring in the 10th minute, knocking in a rebound of a shot by sophomore forward Sammi Jo Hughes, to get the Warriors on the board early.

The next two goals came off corner kicks, the first in the 22nd minute when senior back Michelle Gogolen scored her fourth career goal, assisted by freshman forward Hannah Gombos and senior forward Kerri McClay.

Freshman back Laurel Neira scored her first career goal in the 32nd minute on another corner, assisted by sophomore forward Madeline DeVico and freshman midfielder Alyssa Simeone. DeVico scored both goals in Friday's 2-0 win over Gannon.

Senior forward Kerri McClay, ESU's leading active goal scorer, added the fourth goal just seven minutes into the second half. Gombos rattled the post with a shot, and McClay put in the rebound from about 10 yards out for her 12th career goal.

Mercyhurst (2-2-1, 1-2-1) was coming off a 4-2 win at defending Atlantic Region champion West Chester on Friday.

Wagner played the first 75 minutes - making five saves, including a couple of critical ones, in the first half - before junior starting midfielder Courtney Keller came on to play the final 15 minutes and made one save.

Wagner has 21 saves without allowing a goal in 345 minutes this season. An All-PSAC second team selection last year, she has 14 career shutouts and 12 solo shutouts in 31 career starts. Her 14 shutouts are tied for second-most in school history with Janine Turcio (2007-08), and her 12 solo shutouts are ESU's most since 2003.

ESU, which replaced four multiple-year starters entering the 2013 season, travels to Bloomsburg for a 5 p.m. start on Wednesday before returning to Eiler-Martin Stadium next Saturday for a 7 p.m. start against Lock Haven.

Game notes
* ESU's 4 straight PSAC shutouts are its longest stretch in school history. The Warriors' 2011 team had 3 straight.
* ESU's longest unbeaten, untied start is 13 straight in 1994, when the Warriors won the first PSAC championship awarded in women's soccer. The 1995 team started 5-0.