LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle women's soccer team had to wait two hours, but after a weather delay the Eagles pounded the Warner Royals 4-0 to secure their first Sun Conference victory of the season. ERAU moves to 8-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play while WU falls to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in The Sun Conference.

With game time moved back to 9 p.m. the Blue and Gold wasted no time grabbing an early lead when Valerie Obita was the recipient of an Elina Johansson header in the box to punch home her ninth goal of the year for a 1-0 lead. The play began on a Cecilie Henriksen corner kick that Johansson was able to get a head to Obita right in front of the Warner goal at the 5:32 mark.

Less than 60 seconds later ERAU went ahead 2-0  when Johansson grabbed her ninth assist of the season by feeding Martine Olsen a perfect pass for the freshman to finish past the Royal keeper for her ninth goal of the 2010 slate.

The Eagles took that 2-0 lead into the half, completely dominating the Royals in the possession game and rarely allowing Warner from advancing the ball into ERAU's defensive half.

The two teams settled down in the second half with ERAU using superior midfield play to keep the Royals off balance and from attempting any attack.

Johansson found herself on the scoring side of a set piece when Allison Schultz placed a free kick right to Johansson for the senior's seventh goal of the season.

Nora Berzina finished the scoring for ERAU in the 85th minute almost immediately after subbing in. Berzina found the back of the net for the second time this year off a Krizzy Menez cross to account for the 4-0 final.

The Blue and Gold defense allowed Warner to get off just two shots the entire game, and only one on goal. The shutout was the Eagles' fifth of the season and fourth straight. Freshman Jennifer Grimes moved her record to 4-1 with the win, only needing to make one save on the night.

Embry-Riddle will travel to Babson Park, Fla. on Sunday for a 3 p.m. showdown with the Warriors of Webber International.