UTICA, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo junior goalie Dayna Mercer made a season-high 16 saves, but it was Utica shutting out the visiting Knights, 4-0, Wednesday afternoon. 

Utica (4-1) scored a pair of goals in a 1:05 stretch to take a 2-0 lead in the 23rd minute for the only scores the first half. The Pioneers added two more tallies in the 60th and 66th minutes to put the game out of reach.

Utica built a 25-8 edge in shots as well as a 14-4 lead in penalty corners. 

Geneseo (2-5) opens the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) portion of its schedule on Saturday with a match at Morrisville slated to face-off at 2:30 p.m.