Senior
Amaris Gonzalez (Lansing, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) scored two goals and the game-winner in the final minute to give the Purdue Northwest Women's Soccer team a thrilling 3-2 victory over Tiffin on Friday evening.
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The Basics
- Records: PNW (3-0-1), Tiffin (0-3-0)
- Location: Hammond, Ind. - Dowling Park
- Attendance: 100
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Amaris Gonzalez (Lansing, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) led the Pride scoring two goals off two shots.
- Sophomore Sarah Scaling (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) added her first goal of the season during the game.
- Junior Yoselin Garcia (Joliet, Ill./Joilet West) dished out two assists.
- Senior Emma Carter (Plainfield, Ill./Timothy Christian HS), sophomore Addison Thomas (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc), and freshman Rokaya Ajami (Dearborn, Mich./Fordson) each chipped in one assist.
- Sophomore Meta Fischer (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) played all 90 minutes in net for the Pride and made four saves.
- Callie Cacchione and Emma Lennig led Tiffin each scoring one goal.
- Sam McPhee played all 90 minutes in goal for the Dragons and notched four saves.
The Breakdown
- The Pride took the lead in the ninth minute of the game off a corner kick from Carter to Scaling to grab a 1-0 lead.
- Purdue Northwest scored their second goal of the first half off a Gonzalez strike to take 2-0 lead into halftime.
- The Dragons did not go away, scoring their first goal of the game in the 55th minute to cut the deficit to 2-1.
- Tiffin tied the game off a fortunate bounce in the 77th minute to make the game 2-2.
- In the 83rd minute, the Dragons received a straight red card giving the Pride a man advantage for the remainder of the game.
- With twenty seconds remaining in the game, off a free kick, the ball landed at the feet of Gonzalez on a bounce and she was able to put in the back of the net for the game-winning goal, giving the Pride a thrilling 3-2 victory.
- The Pride outshot Tiffin slightly, 15-11.
Up Next
- The Pride kick-off GLIAC play when they hit the road and take on Saginaw Valley State on Friday, September 20. The game is slated to start at 1:00 PM CT in University Center, Michigan.
