PRINCE ATHLETIC COMPLEX – Syd Coggins got the Yellowjacket on the scoreboard early, and later added an assist, as University of Rochester women's soccer never trailed en route to a 5-1 win against the Alfred University Saxons in their home opener on Saturday at Fauver Stadium.
 
Coggins got the 'Jackets on the scoreboard quickly, finding the back of the net just three minutes into the first half from 10-yard out to give UR a 1-0 lead.
 
Alfred though quickly responded on Nyah Solly's fifth-minute, free kick. Grace Kuropatkin saved Solly's shot off the crossbar, but off the rebound, Jacey Palmgreen knocked it through, tying the score at one-all with 40:19 to play.
 
Just minutes later, however, Rochester would answer to take the lead for good. On a breakaway, Kiani Barnard-Pratt saved Coggins' shot, but Claire Grover was there for the rebound, sliding it inside the left post to give UR a 2-1 lead.
 
Alfred again looked to tie things up in the ninth minute, but Abby Scanland's shot went wide.
 
The Yellowjackets held their one-goal lead till the 26th minute when Robin de Jong found Grace Regenstreif wide open in the box, and Regenstreif curled a beauty of a shot from 12-yards out, extending the lead to 3-1.
 
In the 33rd minute, de Jong and the Yellowjackets looked to make it 4-1, but de Jonh's shot was saved by Barnard-Pratt, while Riya Kunderan was blocked on the rebound, and UR would take a 3-1 lead into the halftime break.
 
UR came out on the offensive as they looked to extend their lead, but Coggins' early shot went wide, while Megan Pung's header was saved by Sierra Wilson.
 
Rochester would make it 4-1 though just under 15 minutes into the second half, as Coggins picked up her second off Savannah Berry's assist, heading in Berry's shot on the rebound off the crossbar.
 
The Yellowjackets continue the offensive, controlling possession for much of the second half and peppering Barnard-Pratt with 14 second-half shots.
 
Barnard-Pratt would keep UR off the scoreboard again till the 66th minute, when de Jong picked up her first goal of the year off Grover's assist, firing a rocket from 16-yards out into the top-right of the net.
 
That'd be all the Yellowjackets needed, as the UR defense held Alfred without a shot the rest of the way to finish off the 5-1 victory.
 
Rochester remains undefeated at 3-0-1 with the win, while Alfred drops to 1-2 with the loss.
 
The Yellowjackets outshot Alfred, 21-6, including 14-3 in the second half, as had eight corner kicks to just one.
 
Coggins led UR with two goals and an assist on five shots, while Grover added a goal and an assist on two shots. Berry and de Jong each added goals, with de Jong also tallying an assist, while Gabby Sabatier made a team-high three saves.
 
All three goalies saw action for UR, with Kuropatkin picking up the win.
 
Rochester next heads crosstown to Pittsford, N.Y. to take on St. John Fisher University on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.