<p>KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee soccer got the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/pensky_brian00.html">Brian Pensky</a>coaching era started out right with a 4-0 season-opening victory Friday at Regal Stadium, defending a 1-0 first-half lead with an offensive onslaught after halftime.</p> <p>Senior captain&nbsp;<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/harrison_amy00.html">Amy Harrison</a>&nbsp;scored a career-high two, junior<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/brown_caroline00.html">Caroline Brown</a>&nbsp;had one goal and two assists and sophomore<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/moore_iyana00.html">Iyana Moore</a>&nbsp;had an assist trifecta to lead UT to its sixth consecutive season-opening win.</p> <p>Brown&nbsp;got things going offensively for Tennessee midway through the first half. The returning All-SEC performer attacked up the middle and scored a goal from Moore&nbsp;in the 16th minute.</p> <p>From there, it was all Tennessee (1-0) as the squad picked up the intensity on the offensive end.</p> <p>Harrison scored the first of her two goals scoring in the 53rd minute and added her second seven minutes later. Her first goal was off a 1-2 give-and-go from Brown to Moore. On Harrison's second score, Brown found Moore in the far right corner and the sophomore speedster saved the ball from going&nbsp; out of bounds with a rainbow cross landing right in front of Harrison for a tap in near the left post.</p> <p>Senior&nbsp;<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/bono_kylie00.html">Kylie Bono</a>&nbsp;added the final goal for Tennessee from the right side in the 67th minute.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/lenz_katie00.html">Katie Lenz</a>&nbsp;had the assist, setting up Bono in the lower right</p> <p>Sophomore goalkeeper&nbsp;<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/eckel_julie00.html">Julie Eckel</a>&nbsp;(1-0) picked up her first shutout of the season and the sixth of her career. Eckel had two saves in the game as UT dominated the possession in the second half.</p> <p>Tennessee outshot Samford 16-7, including 12-6 in the second half. Samford midfielder Jordan Johnson&nbsp; had three shots (two on goal) for the Bulldogs and goalkeeper Jessica Perry (0-1) had three saves.</p> <p>Twenty-three Tennessee field players saw action in the win as the Lady Vols improved to 8-0 all time when starting the year in Knoxville.</p> <p><strong>NOTES:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/brown_caroline00.html">Caroline Brown</a><span>&nbsp;has scored a goal in all three senior openers of her career ... Tennessee is now 15-0 all-time against teams from the Southern Conference &nbsp;... Harrison led the way with a career-high five shots ...&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/moore_iyana00.html">Iyana Moore</a><span>&nbsp;started for the first time in her career and her three assists are one more than her freshman total.</span></p>