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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Visiting RIT scored a pair of second-half goals Wednesday in a non-conference women's soccer match at Golden Flyer Stadium and the Tigers kept the Nazareth offense in check to record a 2-0 victory over the Golden Flyers.

The victory was RIT's first over Nazareth since 1996, a span of 22 games. Nazareth was 20-0-2 during that stretch and had won the previous eight meetings. The Tigers improved to 5-1-2 this season, while Nazareth had a six-game unbeaten streak snapped and dropped to 4-2-2 overall.

After a methodically played first half, RIT scored early in the second following a scramble in front of Nazareth senior keeper Abbie Carey. RIT's Elizabeth May was credited with her second goal of the season with assists going to Quincey Ornellas and Ehlana Gray.

The Tigers had a great opportunity to go up 2-0 in the 52nd minute when Sierra Kiss slipped a shot underneath Carey, who had come off her mark, but Nazareth freshman Jessica Barden was able to kick the ball away before it crossed the goal line.

Nazareth's Michaela Soules had a chance to tie the score, but her shot from the top of the box in the 69th minute was saved by Tigers' keeper Sienna Fisher.

RIT added its insurance goal in the 72nd minute following a Nazareth foul about five yards outside the Nazareth box. RIT's Gwen Neuhaus took the free kick off the restart and the ball deflected off the hands of Carey before settling in the back of the net.

Nazareth picked up the intensity a bit following Neuhaus' goal as the Golden Flyers had seven of their 11 shots after that, but Fisher was equal to the challenge for the Tigers by making seven saves and picking up her second shutout of the season and sixth overall the RIT. In fact RIT has yielded just two goals over its first eight games this season.

Soules and senior Julia Teran Pulford each had three shots on goal for Nazareth, which got six saves from Carey.

Nazareth resumes its Empire 8 Conference schedule Saturday at Hartwick for a 2 p.m. start.