TULSA – Arkansas's Abbey Wilburn scored in the opening minute as the Razorbacks defeated Oral Roberts University, 3-0, spoiling the Golden Eagles home opener at the ORU Soccer Complex, on Wednesday night.

With the win Arkansas improved to 2-1-0 while ORU fell to 0-2-0 on the young season.

Arkansas received the ball from the beginning and quickly pushed it down the field with Kelly O' Connor feeding the ball to Wilburn. Wilburn blasted the ball just under the crossbar past ORU goalkeeper Stef Gurley for a quick 1-0 lead, just 20 seconds in.

ORU settled down after the quick strike from the Razorbacks as the Golden Eagles looked to tie the ballgame, but Arkansas's goalkeeper Britni Williams had different plans and did let the home team rally.

The Razorbacks added another tally in the 35^th minute with a goal from O'Connor. The Golden Eagles blocked the initial shot by Allison Harris but O'Connor planted the rebound in the back of the net.

ORU came out aggressive in the second half and played up to par with the Razorbacks until Arkansas added an insurance goal in the 73^rd minute, increasing the lead to 3-0. Harris, who assisted on the second goal, scored off a corner kick set up by Kim Schleif.

Although Arkansas dominated the stats throughout the first half, both teams had nine shots apiece in the second frame.

Gurley had several huge saves in the second half, limiting the Razorbacks to three goals on 27 shots. Overall the senior goalkeeper had an impressive 14 saves. The 14 stops from Gurley was just one save shy of tying a single-game record set by Kellie Fenton against Oklahoma State in 2003.

Arkansas's Williams ended the night with six saves.

The Golden Eagles continue their home slate with a match against Louisiana-Monroe on Friday at 7 p.m.

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