The Purdue Northwest women's soccer team fell just short in their home contest, 2-1, against Lewis on Tuesday evening.
The Basics
- Records: PNW (2-1-0), Lewis (1-1-1)
- Location: Dowling Park - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 150
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Lauryn Tillmon (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North HS) led the Pride with two total shots and one goal.
- Junior Emma Carter (Plainfield, Ill./Timothy Christian HS) notched an assist during the game.
- Freshman Meta Fischer (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) played all 90 minutes in goal for Purdue Northwest and made a season-high four saves.
- Breanna Culver and Grace DeVaux led Lewis with one goal each.
- Bekah Nielsen played all 90 minutes in net for the Flyers and tallied two saves.
- The Pride outshot the Cardinals, 21-2.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started the scoring in the tenth minute off a goal by Tillmon to take an early 1-0 lead.
- Lewis tied up the game, 1-1, a few minutes later in the 12th off a strike from Culver.
- The Flyers grabbed the lead off a DeVaux header to make the score 2-1 in the 17th minute.
- Purdue Northwest had multiple chances in the second half to level the game but the Lewis defense held tough to make the final score of 2-1.
Up Next
- The Pride next look to defend home field once again when they host Thomas More on September, September 9 for the annual Purdue Northwest Sports Fest. Kick-off is set for 2:00 p.m. at Dowling Park and Pepsi Field with Sports Fest festivities starting at 12:00 p.m. central time.
