The Eastern women’s soccer team saw one record fall and another tied Friday in a 6-0 rout of Western Illinois University at Lakeside Field.

It didn’t take senior forward Beth Liesen long to break the all-time Eastern goal record, passing Tracie Strother with two goals in the season opener, giving her 44 all-time.

Freshman Trisha Walter also made a name for herself in her first career game tallying three assists, tying four other players for assists in a single game.

Walter was a bit modest about her accomplishment.

“I didn’t even pay attention to it,” Walter said. “It was just fun.”

Liesen opened up scoring in the 24th minute, tying her with Strother for the record.

Not another goal was scored in the first half, but Eastern turned on the pressure to start the second half scoring three goals in a nine-minute span.

Head coach Steve Ballard made the decision to match junior Audra Frericks up front with Liesen last season.

It worked throughout the end of last season and is already showing potential for the best one-two combination in the Ohio valley Conference.

Frericks posted her first goal of the season, two minutes into the second half on an assist from Walter.

A few minutes later, Liesen found the back of the net for the second time, giving her the record.

Lindsey Holcomb, Frericks and Rachel Dorfman completed the scoring while goalies Lindsay Dechert and Tiffany Groene combined for the shutout.

Eastern outshot the Westerwinds 24-6, not allowing a single shot in the second half.

Walter said this was a good opportunity for Eastern to get comfortable with each other.

“It was fun to get some things done together,” she said. “This was the first time with us all playing together and we got a lot of things done.”

The Panthers’ second game of the season Monday against Illinois State was postponed due to weather and field conditions. the game has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lakeside Field.