DAYTON, Ohio (Oct. 1, 2006) - Sophomore Erin Kane made five saves for her fifth-straight shutout and the school-record 20th of her career as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's soccer team opened its Horizon League season with a 4-0 win over Wright State Sunday afternoon in Dayton.

The Panthers move to 8-2-1 on the year and now 1-0 in league play, while the Raider lose for the second time in three league matches to fall to 7-2-3 and 0-2-1.

"It feels good, but I can only credit my teammates and defenders. You can't be a keeper without them," Kane said on breaking the record. "I knew about it a little bit and I'm happy that it happened. I hope there are many more to come and I'm really excited about what it means this season."

Kane's shutout total has come in just 30 career matches, while she and the UWM defense have now not allowed a goal in 536:53. Kerri St. Aubin and Kathy Hoverman had held the shutout record with 19 in their illustrious four-year careers.

"For someone to break a career record this early in her career says something about her abilities," UWM head coach Michael Moynihan said. "The team has a lot of confidence in her. We don't give up many chances, but if we do, everyone has confidence in her to keep the ball out of the net."

Senior Molly Duffy score the eventual game-winner in the 36th minute on a long throw-in from senior Taylor Powell. Putting the ball in play from the far side, Powell threw the ball deep into the 18-yard box. Duffy was on the receiving end and, from the near post, sent her shot across the goal mouth for the game's first score.

The game began as a fairly even, aggressive match with the Panthers gaining the upperhand in the opening half. Both teams had little trouble generating chances. UWM outshot Wright State, 11-7, in the frame, forcing Comisar to make six saves. Kane was forced into four saves and faced four Raider corner kicks, while the Panthers forced three.

"We knew that Wright State would try to counter quickly and try to generate free kicks because that is how they have been successful this season," . We were able to control a lot of the possession in the half. Duffy came in and had a nice finish for us."

Coming out of halftime with a one-goal advantage, the Panthers were aggressive in controlling the pace of play early in the second half. They broke through for a second goal in the 61st minute.

"You have to give them credit," Moynihan said. "We were up 2-nil and they kept fighting. Both Erin and Louise were able to capitalize on counter-attacks as they tried to score late. That made the score a little more lopsided than it was."

Freshman Louise Vraney sent a pass to the outside deep in the attacking third. Senior Stacey Faude collected the ball, beat a defender, and sent a cross into the box. Sophomore Jodi Klagos beat the oncoming keeper to the ball and headed it into the net.

UWM added a pair of goals as in the final 10 minutes, as the Raiders heightened their attack. Freshman Erin Kreuser stole a ball from a WSU defender in the 86th minute and found the back of the net from 10 yards out.

And, in the final seconds of the match, Vraney found the back of the net, running the length of the field to tally her team-leading fifth goal of the season with three seconds remaining.

The Panthers broke out in the second half, posting advantages of 9-3 in shots and 7-2 in corner kicks. For the match, they outshot Wright State, 20-10, and forced four more corners (10-6).

Vraney had a couple nice chances in the opening minutes, having a shot cleared off the goal line in the eighth minute and a 1v1 shot saved by Comisar in the 11th.

In the 14th minute, Powell sent a pass to Vraney from the midfield circle. Vraney headed it over her defender, retrieved the ball and sent an unopposed shot from 18 yards out. Comisar got a finger on the ball, tipping the shot over the cross bar.

Milwaukee returns to action Wednesday, hosting UW-Green Bay in its first night game at Engelmann Field. Kick off is set for 7 p.m.