LONDON, Ont. - Striker Amanda Boyle contributed four goals in the Mustangs 8-1 victory over the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday afternoon at Mustangs field.

"It was a hard battle in the middle of the field, especially in the first 20 minutes," said head coach Martin Painter. "But as they got a little bit more tired spaces opened up, our distribution improved and our running off the ball improved and we were getting behind them and got some goals."

With Saturday's win the Mustangs record improves to 9-1-0, while the Warriors drop to 0-9-0 on the season.

Boyle now sits at 17 goals on the season, tied for first place on the OUA leaderboard.

Despite the Waterloo squad applying heavy pressure in the opening minutes, the Mustangs stood strong and held off any Warrior attacks. As the game progressed, the purple and white would force the pressure the other way, and at the 20-minute mark Boyle opened up the scoring, blasting a shot past Lesia Bandura to put Western up 1-0.  Just four minutes later Boyle would net another to make it a two goal lead. At the end of the first half the scoreboard sat at 4-0, after both Paige Howard and Jess Friend found the back of the net.

As the second half started, the Warriors were ready to try and make a comeback right from the opening whistle. Their efforts would not go unrewarded as Alisia Mar put the ball past Tori Edgar to make the score 4-1. Despite Waterloo's efforts to shorten the gap, the Mustangs held them off and at the 70-minute mark Boyle recorded her third goal of the game to put the Mustangs back at a four goal advantage. The purple and white offensive momentum did not let up, with Boyle, Sarah Deakin, and Stephanie Di Tella all adding goals before the final whistle to end the game at 8-1.

The purple and white are back in action on Wednesday, October 21 when they hit the road to face the Windsor Lancers. Game time is set for 6:00 p.m.