LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Melissa Trofa of the Swarthmore College women's soccer team recorded her 22^nd career assist as the Garnet (6-0, 1-0 CC) beat Franklin & Marshall by a 5-0 score in its Centennial Conference opener on Saturday, Sept. 19. Swarthmore has opened the season with six consecutive shutouts and has scored 44 goals for an average of 7.33 per game.

Trofa, who has eight assists already this season, broke the previous program mark of 21 set by Emma Sindelar '14 on a corner kick to the head of Hannah Lichtenstein in the 14^th minute. Ten minutes later, Lichtenstein later gave the Garnet a 2-0 lead off a pass from Katie Dougherty.

In the second half, Swarthmore exploded for three goals in just four minutes to bury the Diplomats for good. Freshman forward Marin McCoy continued her impressive rookie campaign with the first of two goals in the game behind assistance from Dougherty and Caroline Meier. At 76:42, Mele Johnson scored from a free kick at the top of the box for her second goal of the season and later set up McCoy in the 79^th minute with a rebound on another deep free kick.

The Garnet backline of Katherine Zavez, Melissa Curran, Amanda Bosworth, and Emily Telford-Marx allowed the Diplomats only two shots in the game, one of which was on target and saved by Reba Magier.

Swarthmore returns home to host Penn State Abington at Clothier Field on Monday, Sept. 21. Action begins at 7:00 p.m.