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GREENVILLE, ILL. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology earned a come from behind 6-5 victory at Greenville College in its women's soccer season opener on Friday to give first-year head coach Emily Hakeman her first collegiate victory.

Rose-Hulman jumped out to an early two-goal lead, before Greenville scored four consecutive times to take a 4-2 lead.  The Engineers responded with four straight goals of their own to secure the win.

Freshman Aleksandra Kampa (Garden Grove, Calif./Orange County Lutheran) opened the scoring in the seventh minute, courtesy of a pass from senior Jen Lyman (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford).  The Rose-Hulman lead reached 2-0 on a score by freshman Carolyn Guzik (Avon, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) off a corner kick by sophomore Annmarie Stanley (Warrenville, Ill./Rosary).

Greenville relied on two goals from Jackie Sievert and another pair of scores from Nikki Ziegemeier to claim a 4-2 lead with 1:58 left in the first half.  The Engineers answered with a key goal one minute later to close within 4-3 at halftime on a score by sophomore Kendra Albers (Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut Academy) on a pass from Guzik.

Rose-Hulman scored three goals in a 21-minute span in the second half to gain control of the game.  Lyman dribbled end to end to tie the contest at 4-4 in the 57th minute, before senior Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Northwestern University) scored off a deflection in the Greenville backfield four minutes later.  Sophomore Molly Richardson (Orange Park, Fla./St. John's Country Day) added another end-to-end tally to wrap up the Engineer scoring.

Rose-Hulman stands 1-0 on the season and returns to action against Principia College on Saturday at Greenville.