It took two tries to complete the split game, but the wait paid off as TCJ Women's Soccer got six goals from four different players on route to a 6-1 season-opening win at NAIA Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on Tuesday. In unusual fashion, the game started five days before and paused due to lighting, and the Eagles broke it open then with five first-half goals before adding one more on Tuesday.

Senior Lucy Rife scored twice in Thursday's first half, including the Eagles' first goal. Rife wasted little time, scoring only 2:06 after the opening kickoff. She struck again in Minute 42 to make the score 5-0 before the game was delayed. Both goals were unassisted.

[Lucy Rife scored twice in TCJ's win.]

In between Rife's tallies, the Eagles got the first collegiate goals from three different freshmen: Camila Lopez (Minute 12), Taylor McCrory (Minute 30), and Gina Bido (Minute 39). Lopez also assisted Bido for the tally.

Lightning struck and brought concerning weather during halftime, so the head coaches and officials agreed to finish the game on Tuesday, resuming with the start of the second half.

The teams traded goals with Abraham Baldwin's Whitner Bobo putting her team on the board with 15 minutes remaining, but TCJ responded when Bido notched her second goal with only 3:26 left to play.

[Gina Bido also scored twice for the Eagles, her first two collegiate goals.]

Goalkeeper Katianna Grace saved 8 of 9 shots on goal faced, and Trinity outshot ABAC 23-11 overall. The Eagles recorded 11 shots on goal, and Lauren Novak saved 5 of them for Abraham Baldwin.

The Eagles will play their first home game on Friday when NJCAA Pasco-Hernando State College comes to Jacksonville for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff. The team then visits NCAA Division 3 Wesleyan College on September 2 before hosting NAIA Brewton-Parker College on September 6.