Colorado College wasted no time getting its point across on Sunday.

The Tigers needed less than six minutes to seize an early lead, then unleashed a balanced attack that produced a 4-0 victory over Marshall University at Stewart Field.

CC, now 10-5-1 overall and assured of its 31st winning season in 35 years of varsity competition, remains in a second-place tie with UTEP and the University of Memphis in the league standings. All three teams are 6-2 in C-USA play, one game behind conference leader Central Florida, with just three to play.  

Senior defender Lauren Talbot struck for Sunday's game-winning goal at the 5:46 mark, completing a double header of Beth Wright's first of six corner kicks in the contest. Senior midfielder Ericka Baer, who also would score at 33:10 to make it 2-0, headed Wright's serve to Talbot, who notched her second tally of the season to give the Tigers all the cushion they would need.

Senior forward Sarah Wolff came off the bench and upped the count to 3-0 five minutes after Baer's goal, and senior midfielder Kelly LaVoie completed the rout with her fifth of the season early in the second half.

“Today was a total team effort,” said head coach Geoff Bennett. “I thought our reserves came in during the first half and gave us a great lift. They even scored a goal, and I'm very excited about the direction our team is going right now.”

Freshman midfielder Brennan O'Connell, another sub, set up Wolff's goal with a nice cross from the right side.

The Thundering Herd managed only one shot in the match, as Colorado College finished with a 22-1 advantage in that category.  Sophomore keeper Caitlin Hulyo played the first 84 minutes in net before giving way to freshman Hanna Berglund, and the two combined to backstop the team's eighth shutout of the season while helping CC improve to 8-1-1 at home in 2009.

Marshall dropped to 11-5 overall and 4-4 in Conference USA.