Notre Dame 7, Pekin 0

PEKIN - Notre Dame forward Lucy Hedges scored a hat trick as the Irish beat Pekin 7-0 Tuesday in a Mid-State 6 Conference girls' soccer opener at Coal Miner's Park.

Pekin coach Edgar Sandoval said his team "showd signs of life toward the end of the first half and at times during the second" against the area's top team that made teh state quarterfinals last season.

"We saw terrific midfield pay from captaions Sam Grimes and Jeleighsa Hamilton as well as freshmen Jaki Johnson and Diane Jess," he said, adding that his team (0-1, 0-1) had several lasting posessions that included six or seven successful passes.

Freshman goal keeper Lindsay Coffey stopped five of 12 shot attempts.

Pekin plays at home Saturday against Washington.