CHICAGO, Ill. - The 2018 Milwaukee women's soccer exhibition season opened with a 3-0 shutout of Loyola Chicago Tuesday afternoon at Loyola Soccer Park.
 
A total of 25 different players saw the field, with three first-half goals standing up for all of the scoring on the day. The contest was halted in the 70^th minute due to rain.
 
Newcomers accounted for all of the scoring and did so in a span of under 12 minutes midway through the first half.
 
Freshman Haley Johnson got things going at the 14:22 mark, firing a shot from 30 yards out into the top right corner to make it 1-0.
 
Classmate Jelena Sever then made her presence known, netting a pair of goals in less than five minutes on the clock.
 
Her first came at the 21:13 mark, heading in a corner kick from Gaby Schwartz to make it 2-0. She followed that up at the 25:54 mark, finishing off a cross from Taylor Tabbert with another header to provide for the final scoring in the 3-0 decision.
 
The Milwaukee offense clicked right away, firing off a 9-to-1 advantage over the first 45 minutes while finishing with a 12-to-3 advantage on the day.
 
Sever and Johnson both paced the offense with three shots each (two on goal), with Julia Barajas also recording a pair on frame.
 
Olivia Davies got the start in goal and worked a scoreless first half. Allie Strottman finished up the final 24:12 for the clean sheet on the day.
 
Milwaukee finishes up the exhibition slate with a contest against Northern Iowa Saturday in Rockford, Ill. Game time is set for 3 p.m.