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EVANSVILLE, Ind.— Reigning first-team all-Southeastern Conference forward Raegan Kelley recorded a goal and an assist on Thursday night to power the visiting Vanderbilt University Commodores to a 3-0 victory over the University of Evansville women's soccer team at Arad McCutchan Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.
 
After the two sides battled back and forth for the first 30 minutes, Kelley set up teammate Rachel Deresky for an opportunity on the right side, which she slipped past a diving UE goalkeeper Myia Danek for the match's first goal of the contest.
 
Vanderbilt took a 1-0 lead to the halftime locker room, before striking just minutes into the second half, as reserve Caroline Betts found the lower-left 90 from 18 yards out on the left side to take a 2-0 lead.  Kelley then headed home a loose ball in the box in the 63^rd minute to provide the final margin of victory for Vanderbilt.
 
"We knew coming in that Vanderbilt was a very good team, and I thought that they showed it tonight," said UE head coach Chris Pfau.  "I was actually pleased with the growth that I saw in our team from our exhibition match against SLU to tonight.  I thought we played a lot more composed, especially in the midfield, and did a lot of things well tonight.
 
"The speed of the opponent these first two matches has been higher than we will likely see the rest of the year.  Hopefully, the game will begin to slow down a little, especially for some of our younger players, and we can start to show what this team is capable of."
 
Evansville will return to action on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. when UE hosts Austin Peay State at McCutchan Stadium.  Austin Peay tied Miami (OH), 0-0, this afternoon in its season-opener in Ohio.