Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh proved to be unkind to the visiting St. Bonaventure women's soccer team as it struggled on both ends of the field in a 4-0 loss to Big East foe Pittsburgh at Founders Field.

Currently in a three-game losing streak going into conference play, the Bonnies have dropped to a 3-6 non-conference season record. On the flip side, Pittsburgh picks up its first win in four games to 5-2-1 on the season.

The Brown and White were limited on the offensive end to just seven shots. The Bonnies edged the Panthers in kicks 6-1. Kathryn Kerman earned two saves and Nicole Makert notched one in the shared time in the net.Anna Cunningham led the team with four shots.

"We didn't come ready to play and were punished early for some silly mistakes. Give credit to Pitt for taking advantage," said head coach Manoj Khettry. "In the second half we competed and controlled a great deal of the tempo and had some great chances but couldn't find the net."

Pitt took a 2-0 lead going into the locker room and never looked back as it added goals in the 80th and 85th minutes, respectively, in the second half to lock up the win.

The Bonnies came close to netting one when Tori Burchett took a shot off of Hannah Lapp's corner kick, but Burchett sent the ball over the net.

"I was encouraged by the 2nd half, but playing one half isn't going to get us very far. I hope that we've learned some very hard lessons in the non-conference, which is why we played such a demanding schedule. We'll see beginning next week," said Khettry.

St. Bonaventure opens conference play against Rhode Island at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 in Kingston, R.I.