Sheboygan, Wis. -- The Ripon women's soccer team has already accomplished something in two games that it took them the entire season to do last year. With their 2-0 victory over Lakeland on Wednesday, the Red Hawks have already won as many games in '06 as they did in '05.

The game was tightly contested throughout, with neither team scoring in the first half, with both teams playing great defense. There were only 5 shots between the two teams in the half.

The second half looked like it would turn out much like the first. There wasn't any scoring early on in the second period, as each team continued to play stifleing 'D'. Then, in the 79th minute, Ripon's Jill Jones broke the scoreless tie with her third goal of the season. Lakeland tried their best to attack the goal after that and tie it up, but their strategy backfired when Jones got the ball all alone on a breakaway in the 88th minute. Jones put the ball in the back of the net to seal the game. She now has four goals in just two games.

Ripon will try to keep things going Saturday, when they'll look for their third win to start the season. The Red Hawks will travel to Lake Forest for their first conference game of the year. Gametime is scheduled for 1:00.