LEWISTON, Me. -- Senior Patience Kum scored two second-half goals Saturday as the 2nd-ranked Amherst College women's soccer team posted a 4-0 road victory over conference foe Bates. 

The Mammoths improved to 5-0-2 on the season, 3-0-1 in NESCAC play. They are back in action Sunday for an 11 a.m. match-up at Colby College. Bates fell to 4-2-1 overall, 1-2 in conference play.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst came out with pressure early and converted in the 25th minute. Senior Abby Schwartz made a great play along the end line to keep the ball in play to the left of the Bates goal, then slid a pass back to the six. Kum one-time it back to the top left of the box where Brooke Ingemi ran onto the ball and rocketed a perfectly placed shot into the upper 90 on the far right side for her first goal of the season and a 1-0 Mammoth lead. 

* Just over 11 minutes later, Amherst doubled its lead. Junior Ella Johnson lined up a corner kick from the right side of the Bates goal. Her line drive into the box deflected of a Bates defender at the near right post and skidded into the goal for a 2-0 advantage. 

* Amherst held that two-goal lead at the halftime break after out shooting the Bobcats 9-1 over the first 45 minutes and taking all four corner kicks in the game. 

* Just over 18 minutes into the second half, Kum made it 3-0 after a pass from Kate Quigley got Kum behind the Bates defenders for a 1 v 1 opportunity. Kum would make it 4-0 just 69 seconds later off an the second Schwartz assist of the day. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst finished with a 21-2 shot advantage and a 8-1 advantage in corner kick opportunities. 

* Mammoths goalie Mika Fisher played the first 66 minutes and 16 seconds, she combined with junior keeper Lulu Fickes on the shutout. Fickes played the final 23 minutes to complete the shutout, Amherst's sixth in seven games.