The Misericordia University women's soccer team scored three times in the opening 27 minutes as the Cougars continued their perfect start to the season with a 4-1 victory over Susquehanna, Saturday afternoon.

After freshman Alyssa Mocion opened the scoring less than six minutes in, sophomore Laura Roney scored her team-leading third goal of the year with a 20-yard blast off an assist from Sam Helmstetter.

The Cougars kept pushing forward and freshman Emily Esposito made it 3-0 in the 27th minute when she finished off a rebound for her second goal in 2010.

Susquehanna pulled a goal back before half-time but Misericordia never seemed likely to lose control of the game and the visitors pushed their advantage back to three when sophomore Nicolette Hensel played a great through ball to Helmstetter, making it 4-1 MU.

Senior goalkeeper Morgan Myers improved to 4-0 on the season, making two saves. Freshman Erika Deckard played the final quarter-hour of the game, her first appearance in goal for Misericordia.

The Cougars are now 4-0 and will travel to local rivals Marywood on Wednesday and Scranton on Saturday.