The 2016 girls state-runners up picked up where they left off in their season opener Monday night.

The Pella Lady Dutch routed Marshalltown 6-1 at home.

Pella had five different players score their six tallies, led by a pair from Katie Vander Molen, and single marks from Grace Held, Ciara Buchheit, Maddie Canfield, and Bellara Huang. Senior Alice Lickteig tells KNIA/KRLS Sports she and many of the girls were anxious to get the season started and happy to do so with a lopsided win.

Pella’s girls are 1-0 and travel to Bondurant Thursday.

STATS:
Pella – 20 shots on goal in 24 attempts
Marshalltown – 1 shot on goal in 3 attempts

Goals:
Katie Vander Molen – 9:00 (1st), header, assist Kiara Bradley
Maddie Canfield – 10:12 (1st)
Grace Held – 22:32 (1st)
Ciara Buchheit – 17:14 (2nd)
Bellara Huang – 32:41 (2nd), assist Katie Vander Molen
Katie Vander Molen – 33:22 (2nd)