'MIDDLEBURY, VT. 10/1/03 - Keene State saw its record dip to 5-4 with a 4-0 shutout loss to fourth ranked Middlebury College at Middlebury, Vt. on Wednesday night. 

Middlebury, which  improves to 7-0, ties its best start to a season since1998 NCAA Championship team opened with the same mark.  as they scored three first half goals to pick up a 4-0 win over Keene State. 

The Panthers jumped out to a 3-0 half time lead. Channing Weymouth (Plymouth, NH) opened the scoring just 3:10 into the game as she took a nice feed from Missy Krempa (Johnstown, NY) after a penalty corner and converted.  Krempa scored a goal of her own at 21:35 as she blasted home a shot from the outside.  Ashley Lyddane (Greenwich, Conn.) made it a 3-0 game as she snapped a shot high into the cage with 3:05 left in the first half.  Weymouth scored her second of the game, and the second half's only goal with 4:25 remaining.

Meg McGillen made five saves in goal for the shutout, while Michelle Codding (Jericho, VT) made eight stops for Keene State. 

KSC is at Eastern Connecticut University for a Little East Conference game on Saturday (1 p.m.).