EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Savannah DeFini scored a hat trick and the SIUE women's soccer rolled to a 6-1 victory over Chicago State Thursday at Korte Stadium.

SIUE was successful for the sixth straight season in the home opener and improved its season record to 1-0-1.

DeFini started the SIUE scoring spree at 8:26 on a pass from Kaitlyn Nichols in the box.

Matea Diekema, the two-time OVC Defender of the Year, scored her first goal of the season at 17:37 from DeFini.

Aleah Minehart made it 3-0 by halftime on an unassisted goal at 39:52.

DeFini scored the next two SIUE goals to begin the second half, the second on a penalty kick at 50:44.

Kasey Neidhardt added the final goal of the game for SIUE at 57:54, taking a Sidney Christopher pass.

Abby Haskell and Samaya Hogg shared time as the team's goalkeeper. The duo each played 45 minutes.

No SIUE player was on the field for more than 70 minutes in the contest. Chicago State, 0-3, was outshot by SIUE 20-8.

Next up for SIUE is a 1 p.m. contest Sunday at Missouri State.