The Purdue Northwest women's soccer team earned a victory in their season opener after scoring four second-half goals to defeat Governors State on Thursday afternoon, 4-0.
The Basics
- Records: PNW (1-0-0), Governors State (0-1-0)
- Location: Dowling Park - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 100
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Kaci Pampreen (Livonia, Mich./Churchill HS) led the Pride with two goals and one assist.
- Graduate Brinley Hefty (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere North HS) added one goal and an assist to the game.
- Junior Amaris Gonzelas chipped in one goal during the contest.
- Senior Camille Schafer (St. Johns, Mich./St. Johns HS) notched an assist.
- Freshman Meta Fischer (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) played all 90 minutes in frame for Purdue Northwest and made one save to earn the shutout.
- Ruby Robles led Governors State with one shot on goal.
- Gabby Smola played all 90 minutes in goal for the Jaguars and tallied one save.
- The Pride outshot Governors State, 10-2.
The Breakdown
- Both teams finished the first-half with no goal each going into halftime, 0-0.
- Pampreen broke the tie and scored the first goal of the season in the 62nd minute to take the lead 1-0.
- Hefty notched her first goal of the season in the 68th minute to make the score 2-0.
- In the 71st minute, Pampreen tallied her second goal of the game to increase the Pride lead to 3-0.
- Gonzelas scored the final goal for Purdue Northwest in the 75th minute to make it the final score of 4-0 and a victory for the Pride.
Up Next
- The Pride next look to defend home field when they host Concordia University (Mich.) on Saturday, September 2. Kick-off is set for 4:00 p.m. at Dowling Park and Pepsi Field.
