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From the opening kick the Lee women's soccer team seemed comfortably in control of the match as they powered past Spring Hill College, 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at a sun-splashed Lee soccer field.

The Lady Flames struck early in the contest as freshman Nicole Blanchard curled in a goal from the top of the box at the 6:11 mark to give the home team the early 1-0 advantage.

Lee stayed on the attack with 10 shots in the first half to just three by the Badgers but the score would remain unchanged for the final 39 minutes of the opening period.

Coming out of the intermission the Lady Flames found the back of the net again with an unassisted goal by captain Kinsey Cichowitz in the 51^st minute to extend the lead to 2-0. Cichowitz now has three goals on the year.

"We are a bit of a 'Jekyll and Hyde' team at the moment. We have put together some really good performances and outings and then there are other days that I just don't recognize my team, " admitted head coach Matt Yelton. "We were that way today in the first half and didn't really create many quality chances to score, but in the second half really could have put a few more chances away."

Freshman Meagan Newman got in on the fun in the 66^th minute as she notched her first collegiate goal when she headed home a corner by Cichowitz to stretch the margin to three.

Blanchard would add the icing on the cake with her team-leading sixth goal and second of the match in the 75^th minute. Katie Cloud set up the score with a beautiful through ball to send Lee to the 4-0 victory.

The Lady Flames earned a split of their weekend Gulf South Conference (GSC) home-stand after coming up on the short-end of a 2-1 contest with West Florida on Friday evening.

Freshman Erin Olson and Senior Marbel Egwuenu teamed up for the shutout in goal for the Lady Flames. Olson played the first 45 minutes and registered one save in keeping the clean sheet. Egwuenu saw her first action since injuring her leg in last week's match at Valdosta and played the entire second half, recording a save.

Abby Massengale started in net for the Badgers. Massengale allowed one goal and tallied three saves. Maggie Dalessio would play the second period and allowed three goals while saving four shots.

Lee stuffed the stat sheet outshooting the Alabama-club 20-7 while placing 11 shots on frame. The Badgers had just two shots on goal. The Lady Flames were awarded 10 corners, including nine in the second half, to just three for Spring Hill.

The victory moves Lee to 5-4-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play. The Badgers fall to 3-6 on the year and just 1-5 in the GSC.

"It's a win and we will move on. We just have to try and find some consistency in our effort and performance as we have a very tough road weekend coming up with games away to West Alabama and Alabama-Huntsville," added Yelton.

Lee will battle the Tigers at 6 p.m. on Friday before traveling to Alabama-Huntsville for a 2 p.m. kickoff on Sunday.