Greenville, S.C. -- Tabitha Padgett scored two goals to lead 20th-ranked UNC Greensboro to a 4-1 victory over Furman in Southern Conference women's soccer action on Sunday afternoon at Stone Stadium.

The win, UNCG's 10th consecutive triumph, improved the Spartans to 13-1-1 overall and 8-0-0 in SoCon play.  Furman dropped its second straight home match to fall to 8-6-2 overall and 3-3-2 in the league.

The Paladins took a surprise lead just 2:57 into the match when junior Martha Hall belted a left-footed shot from the top of the 18-yard box that found the right corner for her league-leading 10th goal of the season.

The Spartans pulled even in the 20th minute.  Kristen Schmidbauer played a cross into the box that Cat Barnekow redirected to the far post where Padgett punched home her first goal of the day.  UNCG took the lead less than two minutes later when Barnekow pounced on a rebound from a Jenn Partenheimer shot and fired past Paladin keeper Jessica Smith at 21:03 to give the Spartans a 2-1 advantage.

UNCG kept the pressure on in the second half and put the game away with a pair of goals in the latter half of the period.  In the 75th minute, Partenheimer curled a through ball into the path of Padgett who dribbled around a charging keeper and finished for her second goal of the day.  Less than four minutes later, Barnekow delivered a pass behind the Furman defense and Schmidbauer placed a shot in the right corner to cap the scoring.

The Spartans held a 17-4 advantage in shots and held Furman to just one shot on goal.  Kelsey Kearney did not have to make a save while earning the victory in goal.  Smith stopped six shots for Furman.

The Paladins return to action on Friday when they travel to Mt. Pleasant, S.C., to face the College of Charleston Cougars.  Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

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