The Purdue Northwest women's soccer team scored two late second-half goals to propel them over Roosevelt on the road in GLIAC play on Thursday afternoon, 2-1.
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The Basics
- Records: PNW (7-5-5,4-5-4), Roosevelt (0-12-4,0-11-2)
- Location: Dowling Park - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 72
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Yoselin Garcia (Joliet, Ill./Joilet West) and sophomore Sarah Scaling (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) each led the Pride with one goal.
- Freshman Ava Oleniczak (Pewaukee, Wis./Arrowhead) and sophomore Sofia Camarillo (Silvis, Ill./United Township) both chipped in one assist during the game.
- Sophomore Meta Fischer (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) started and played 60 minutes in goal for Purdue Northwest making three saves to tally the win.Â
- Aaliyah Leanos led Roosevelt scoring their lone goal.
- Roxanna Herrera started in net and played all 60 minutes for the Lakers notching six saves.
The Breakdown
- Both teams were held scoreless in the first 45 minutes heading into halftime 0-0 in a tough battle.
- The Lakers struck first in the 64th minute of the second half to go up 1-0.
- Then 30 seconds later, Garcia hit a strike with her left foot to tie things up at 1-1.
- Purdue Northwest took the lead in the 67th minute from an absolute strike from Scaling to make the game 2-1 in favor of the Pride.
- The Pride finished the game strong defensively and held on for the win in the end, 2-1.
- Both teams ended the contest shooting 13 shots each.
Up Next
- The Pride hit the road once again for their regular season finale to take on Ferris State in GLIAC play on Saturday, November 9. Kick-off is set for 10:00 AM CT in Big Rapids, Michigan.
