ORANGE, California—The Prairie Fire women's soccer team won their season opener 2-0 over Chapman on Friday night.
 
Knox (1-0) took the lead late in the first half when the Panthers scored an own goal while trying to clear the ball. The Prairie Fire added another goal a third of the way through the second half when Brooklyn Deming found the back of the net for her first score of the season.
 
Chapman outshot Knox 11-3 for the game, but goalkeeper Sierra Daniger was up to the task saving all eight shots on goal.
 
"The first game of the year is always crazy and this one didn't disappoint, "said head coach Chris Haught-Thompson. "We played a lot of players tonight to see where we are at and at times we really connected passes.  It's a great start for us."
 
The Prairie Fire return to action on September 1 with another late start in California at Occidental.