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EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior forward Sammi Jo Hughes scored the game's only goal 1:37 into the second half, leading defending PSAC champion East Stroudsburg University to a 1-0 win over Lock Haven in the 2015 season opener on Thursday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

No. 11-ranked ESU, 20-1-1 last year on the way to its first-ever PSAC regular season title and third PSAC Tournament title, extended its unbeaten streak to 22 games, second-longest in PSAC history, and its winning streak vs. PSAC schools to 19 games, extending a conference record.

Hughes scored her 16th career goal after contributing seven goals during last year's PSAC championship season.

The game was delayed due to lightning for an hour 25 minutes with 26:35 remaining in the second half.

ESU held a 14-10 advantage in shots and sophomore goalkeeper Jules Harris made six saves for her 10th career shutout (ninth solo). She set school records with nine shutouts and eight solo in 2014.

Game Notes
* Jr. M Shea Neal (NSCAA 1st team) and Jr. B Laurel Neira (Daktronics 2nd team) were the first players to take the field with All-America honors in program history.
* ESU's other 2 women's soccer All-America selections, forward Terri Meierhofer (1997) and back Lexie Peveraro (2014), were both seniors.

* Hughes' 16 career goals are 1 from ESU's career top 10.
* 3 Warriors freshmen started their first career games - forward Alex Pickett and backs Kyra Dubost and Kirstyn Sokolsky.

* ESU improves to 5-2-2 in season openers under head coach Rob Berkowitz, the 2014 PSAC Coach of the Year.

* ESU's last loss was 1-0 vs. Kutztown on Sept. 4, 2014 - the season opener.
* The Warriors won 20 consecutive games (18 vs. PSAC schools) before a 0-0 tie vs. WV Wesleyan in the NCAA 2nd round (eliminated on penalty kicks).
* In the last 22 games (21-0-1), ESU has a 57-10 goal differential with 14 shutouts.
* ESU is 11-1-1 since the start of 2014 when tied or trailing at halftime (10-0 when leading at halftime).

* ESU's shutouts (MSOC 3-0 vs. Shepherd, WSOC 1-0 vs. Lock Haven) were the Warriors' first on the same day under head coach Rob Berkowitz (5th year as head coach of men's team - 9th as head coach of women's team).
* They are the first shutouts by ESU's soccer teams under one head coach since Sept. 25, 1994, when Jerry Sheska guided the Warriors to a pair of shutouts at Slippery Rock (women 6-0, men 1-0).

Consecutive Games without a Loss, PSAC history
23 - West Chester (2006)
22 - ESU (2014-15)

Consecutive Conference Wins, PSAC history
19 - ESU

Consecutive Conference Games without a Loss, PSAC history
19 - ESU

Active Unbeaten Streak, NCAA women's soccer
28 - Lynchburg (DIII)
26 - Messiah (DIII)
22 - ESU (DII)
21 - Aurora (Illinois) (DIII)