NAMPA, Idaho – After Saint Martin's tied the game in the 26th minute off the foot of Justine Pauly, the Nighthawks scored twice more to spoil the Saints' season opener 3-to-1 on Thursday.
 
Appearing in her first ever collegiate game, Pauly connected on a ball high center of the net to tie the match just 11 seconds after Northwest Nazarene (3-0-0) scored the first goal of the match. Off the kick-off the Saints (0-1-0) quickly worked the ball out to Daeh Lindquist, who lofted a ball directly to Pauly over the defense, and the sophomore scored over the keeper.
 
However, the lead did not last long as Northwest Nazarene returned the favor, scoring just two minutes later. The game was sealed in the 38th minute when NNU capitalized for their third goal of the match.
 
Pauly led the team with four shots, as Saint Martin's collected seven on the day, six of which came in the first half. The Nighthawks put the pressure on the Saints' defense, recording 25 shots, including 12 in the second half to SMU's one.
 
The two teams square off again on Saturday in Nampa with a noon start time PST. Live stats and streaming will be available on smusaints.com.