VICTORIA – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's soccer team closed out its exhibition matches with a 9-0 victory over the University of Houston-Victoria on Monday at The Cage.
 
Freshman Maya Chitman, who got the lone goal in the win over Incarnate Word, got the scoring started with a goal in the seventh minute. 
 
Sophomore Shentatious Knox followed with a goal of her own in the 11^thminute before sophomore Isabella Marinaro scored in the 16^thminute and then added another in the 21^stminute to make it 4-0 UTRGV.
 
Two minutes later, Knox closed out the scoring in the half with another goal as UTRGV took the 5-0 lead.
 
In the second half, freshman Marcy Garza got in the on the fun as she scored a goal in the 53^rdminute. 
 
Marinaro had herself a match as she added two more goals in the 60^thand 65^thminute to make it 8-0.
 
Sophomore Elina Seppälä closed out the scoring in the 73^rdminute with another goal.
 
UTRGV will open the regular season on Thursday when it hosts the University of Miami, as part of the UTRGV Tournament, at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Admission is free. 

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