Columbia, S.C. - Kelly Lewers scored twice and Sydney Senn and Kelly Manskiboth scored their first collegiate goals as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's soccer team burst out to a four-goal lead before taking down the College of Charleston 4-2 Friday afternoon as part of the Garnet and Black Classic at Stone Stadium on the campus of South Carolina.

Milwaukee (1-2-0) pounded out 18 shots on the day to just four from the Cougars.

UWM handed Charleston their first loss of the season as they now fall to 2-1-0 on the season after winning both their first two games 2-0.

"It feels great to get the first win of the year," head coach Greg Henschel said. "We feel good about how we played and I think the score sheet pretty accurately reflects how the game went."

UWM jumped out of the gates firing on all cylinders. The Panthers had numerous scoring chances in the opening minutes and were unlucky to find the back of the net in the game's early going.

That all changed in the 36th minute when freshman Sydney Senn came off the bench and scored the first goal of her collegiate career.

"That goal really had a nice build up to it," Henschel said. "Morgan really did well to carry the ball and had it down around the end line and slotted it back and found Sydney, and she just hammered it home."

Just two minutes later, Milwaukee struck again. Senn found Manski who put it away for the first goal as a Panther to make it 2-0 and give Milwaukee a convincing lead heading into the locker room.

"You know what, it won't show up in the box score, but Amy Kauffung really did a lot to make our second goal happen," Henschel said. "She brought it up and was in a position to score and she got brought down, but we kept playing and Sydney was able to find Kelly, who had a really nice strike for the goal." 

There was no let up after the break though as UWM continued to pour it on. Morgan LaPlant drove down the right flank and sent the ball beautifully into the box. Anna Smalley took one touch and laid it off to defending Horizon League Player of the Year Kelly Lewers for an early goal in the second stanza to make it 3-0.

Lewers then made it 4-0 just four minutes later, putting home a rebound right in front of goal in the 57th minute.

Sarah Blakely scored for the Cougars in the 61st on a shot from distance and Hannah Huizenga added a 90th minute goal to for CofC to close out the scoring.

Milwaukee dominated the stat sheet in every facet of the game with a 9-1 edge in corners, an 18-4 advantage in shots and a large majority of possession throughout the game.

The Panthers now will take on No. 12 South Carolina Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. That game will be carried on the SEC Network+/ESPN3.

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