<p>OMAHA, Neb. &ndash; The Iowa State soccer team began its 2012 season in commanding fashion Friday with a &nbsp;4-0 win at Nebraska-Omaha.&nbsp; The Cyclones&rsquo; four goals were the most in a season-opening match since a 6-1 win over Westmar on Aug. 30, 1996, the first contest in program history.</p> <p>Iowa State (1-0 overall, 0-0 Big 12 Conference) continued its string of strong season-opening matches. Iowa State has not lost its first game of the season since 2008 and has not surrendered a goal in those tilts.&nbsp; However, Friday night&rsquo;s win was Iowa State&rsquo;s most dominant.</p> <p>Senior Megan Longobardi got her final campaign off to a stellar start with the team&rsquo;s first goal 24:27 into the match.&nbsp; Junior Amanda Woelfel provided the assist on Longobardi&rsquo;s goal.</p> <p>&ldquo;We started off a little slow actually in the first 10 to 15 minutes,&rdquo; Iowa State head coach Wendy Dillinger said. &ldquo;We started to pick it up a little bit, and the two quick goals were definitely a momentum boost.</p> <p>&ldquo;On the first goal, Amanda Woelfel played a beautiful free kick across the box and Megan out-jumped everyone and headed it back post. It was a really nice goal.&rdquo;</p> <p>Junior Emily Goldstein quickly followed 19 seconds later with a strike at the 24:46 mark to give Iowa State a 2-0 edge.</p> <p>The Cyclones took their 2-0 lead into the break. Despite the two-goal lead, Dillinger said she wanted more out of her team in the second half.</p> <p>&ldquo;We talked about keeping the game simple,&rdquo; Dillinger said. &ldquo;We wanted to play quick and let the ball do the work. After a somewhat frantic first half, we played much better in the second half.&rdquo;</p> <p>Iowa State did not relent in the second half, as Cyclone junior Jennifer Dominguez gave them a three-goal cushion 58:51 into the match.&nbsp; Goldstein provided the assist on Dominguez&rsquo;s goal, giving the Orange County, Calif., a three-point evening in just 31 minutes of action.</p> <p>&ldquo;Emily played well tonight and helped set the tone,&rdquo; Dillinger said. &ldquo;She had a crafty goal that was very smart. &nbsp;She played a beautiful ball across the goal to Jenn Dominguez who headed it in for our third goal.&rdquo;</p> <p>Nebraska-Omaha (0-1 overall) transfer Julia Adler finished the scoring off with 18:50 remaining against her former team in her Cyclone debut. Junior Meredith Skitt was credited with the assist on Adler&rsquo;s goal.</p> <p>Junior Maddie Jobe started in goal for Iowa State and did not have to make a save in 63:16 minutes of action.&nbsp; Sophomore Andrea Swanson spelled Jobe in goal for the final 26:44 minutes and also did not have to make a stop.</p> <p>Iowa State accomplished one of Dillinger&rsquo;s goals for the match by scoring early goals so the team could substitute freely to rest players for Sunday&rsquo;s match.&nbsp; Not one Cyclone played the full match, as sophomore defender Lindsay Frank logged the most minutes with 85.</p> <p>&ldquo;We wanted to get ahead and have a chance to get people minutes to see everybody,&rdquo; Dillinger said. &ldquo;With Creighton not playing tonight, we wanted to try to avoid people getting heavy legs if we could get some early goals.&rdquo;</p> <p>The Cyclones held a commanding 18-1 edge on shots in the match, with 11 being on goal.</p> <p>The Cyclones play at Creighton on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT in their next match.</p>