North Kansas City couldn't have asked for a more perfect start to their game - a critical conference rival - to keep their season perfect. The Hornets burst out of the gate with an ambush of offense against their long-time foes, Oak Park, finally finding the back fo the net after the first 15 minutes off of a perfect cross by Addison Bradley to Ariana Perez to open the scoring.

NKC kept the ball in the attacking third of the pitch for much of the first half. Oak Park didn't get their first corner kick until 15 minutes remaining in half number one, by then Bradley had handled nearly a half-dozen. Staunch defense by Lexi Olvera and multiple opportunities by forwards Anna Nguyen and Adriana Andretti kept the Lady Oakies on their heels. But the slim 1-0 lead took the teams to halftime.

From the second half-whistle, Northtown was on a mission to defend their "home" turf - even if it was the turf of Staley High School while Northgate's field is getting prepared for the season. This is best exemplified by a breakaway by Oak Park's Madi Logan in the 10th minute of the half that led to senior keeper Briana Ramirez coming out way off of her line to spear the ball away from Logan in a mighty collision. From there, the offense took over. Abby Knipp scored to make it 2-0 and the Hornets never looked back.

NKC had few substitutions in the 80 minutes of play, but one timely one was when Getsumani Munoz-Rincon came in and quckly scooped up a deflected ball and deposited it in the netting to make it a 3-0 game. All evening, Addison Bradley quarterbacked the middle of the field, and she was finally rewarded with a breakaway goal late to make it 4-0. The win marked the second clean sheet in as many tries for Ramirez.

The Hornets are off to a hot start and will hit the road up I-29 to St. Joseph to take on Central on Thursday, then return "home" to take on Fort Osage on Tuesday, April 4.