DAHLONEGA - Junior Taylor Malasek scored twice as the University of North Georgia women's soccer team tallied four unanswered goals to take a season-opening 4-1 win over Limestone Thursday afternoon at the UNG Soccer Complex.

After the Saints scored in the fourth minute, North Georgia equalized on a Meredith Tucker redirection shot off a pass from Olivia Dumphy in the 43rd minute. The Nighthawks took the lead for good in the 53rd minute when Abbie Crane put home a cross from Jazmin Adlam to take a 2-1 lead.

Malasek got in the scoring column in the 86th minute when she fired a left-footed shot across the frame to the far post off a cross from Dumphy. Two minutes later, Maysoon El-Shami sent a ball up field to Malasek, who beat the Saint keeper with a one-touch shot to bring the match to its final score.

NOTES
- Malasek's brace marks the fourth time in her career that she has scored two or more goals with a career-high hat trick against USC Aiken in the Peach Belt quarterfinal in 2017. She scored two goals each against Lander and Limestone in 2017 as well.

- North Georgia remains unbeaten against Limestone all-time, improving to 5-0-1 in the series.

- UNG has now won five of the last six season openers and remains unbeaten in home openers since 2010.

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will hit the road to take on West Georgia on Saturday with kick off set for 2 p.m.