Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior back Hannah Gombos scored the game's only goal in the 53rd minute and junior goalkeeper Jules Harris made four saves, leading No. 9-ranked East Stroudsburg University to a 1-0 win at Lock Haven in the 2016 PSAC women's soccer opener on Thursday.

ESU (1-0), the two-time defending PSAC champion and defending NCAA Division II Atlantic Region champion, opened defense of its titles in its 10th season under head coach Rob Berkowitz.

Harris recorded her 18th career shutout (16th solo) in 39 starts for the Warriors after earning NSCAA All-Region second team honors last fall.

Harris' 16 career solo shutouts are ESU's most since they are available (starting in 2003). Brittain Wagner, a three-year starter, had 15 solo shutouts from 2010-13.

Harris also moved into second at ESU in career total shutouts. Stacy Linzenbold holds the school record with 27 (1995-98), followed by Harris, Wagner with 17 and Janine Turcio with 14 (2007-08).

Gombos' goal was the seventh of her career. She had two goals and two assists on last year's regional championship team.

The Warriors started two freshmen in midfielders Danielle Cary and Syd Hicks, replacing departed seniors Syrandin Deere Vester and Sammi Jo Hughes. ESU returned nine starters, with eight starting Thursday's game.

Bree Hilty had three saves for Lock Haven, which held an 8-6 advantage in shots.

ESU hosts Shippensburg in its home opener on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

GAME NOTES
* ESU improves to 95-6-7 under Berkowitz when scoring the game's first goal.
* ESU was 23-1-2 when scoring the first goal in the last two seasons (2014-15) and was 34-8-2 overall in that stretch.