POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Like a lot of her teammates, Poplar Bluff freshman Allie Thomas was dealing with a cranky body part that was not looking forward to playing a second game in as many days.

For Thomas, it was a sore knee. Her coach's advice? An ice bath.

"That's the only thing that got me through my senior year of college," Lady Mules coach Mark Papp said.

Thomas, who said she used three bags of ice, scored three times Tuesday as the Lady Mules beat visiting Kennett 9-0.

After the game Thomas was trying to sell senior Chelsea Garner, who scored twice and had two assists, on the idea of a pre-game ice bath.

"I'd have to say an ice bath (works) but scoring goals feels pretty good," Thomas said. "So coach says I have to take an ice bath before every game now."

Whatever the Lady Mules (5-4) have done the last two days they need to keep doing it. They've outscored opponents 14-1 after scoring just 16 goals through the first seven games and won consecutive games for the first time this season.

Jenni Hubbard and Jackie LeGrand each scored for the second time in as many games while freshmen Katie Godwin and Julia Ward each scored their first career goals Tuesday.

Poplar Bluff goalie Meagan Stucker, who has held five out of the last six opponents to one goal, recorded her first shutout of the season. The junior was not tested in the first half while Jerica Wawak played the second half in goal.

LeGrand and Ward each picked up assists for Poplar Bluff, which is now 5-0 in games when they Lady Mules scored two or more times. All four of Poplar Bluff's losses have come against state-ranked teams -- Jackson, ranked 11th in Class 2 and Notre Dame, ranked fourth in Class 1.

"We've played well against them but you're not going to get the opportunity to score a whole lot of goals against them," said Papp of a pair of 1-0 losses last week. "I feel like we're moving in the right direction in the last two games, creating chances against good teams.

"Tonight we were able to create quite a few more."

It was all Poplar Bluff from the opening kickoff Tuesday after an 8-1 April Fool's Day win in the first meeting.

Kennett goalie Alexandra Brown stopped 18 shots but the Lady Mules scored their first three goals in the span of nine minutes starting with Garner's eighth goal of the season in the sixth minute.

Garner scored again six minutes later then set up Thomas in the 15th minute.

Hubbard made it 4-0 on her goal off Miranda Burroughs' pass.

Three minutes into the second half, Garner set up Thomas before Thomas made it 6-0 in the 47th minute.

LeGrand scored with 11 minutes left in the game on a cross from Ward, who scored the final goal after Godwin scored with six minutes left.

There was no junior varsity game.