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Photo Credits: Eric Decker
Photo Credits: Eric Decker
Posted: Sep 10, 2022
ONU FIRE SEVEN PAST IU-NORTHWEST FOR FIRST CCAC WIN
Box Score

CROWN POINT, Ind. – The Olivet Nazarene University women's soccer program claimed their first win in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Saturday night with a 7-2 victory over IU-Northwest on the road. Emily Greene starred in the match with two goals on four shots on goals while Abbey Cash doled out two assists in the win.


Marissa Anderson got the Tigers off to a hot start bagging the contest's first goal only 1:17 in. Greene's first goal was registered at the 7:25-mark assisted by Cash. Seven seconds later, Katie Knutte made it 3-0 with Cash credited with the assist. The match settled down for the next 16 minutes before Sara Loichinger scored her first goal of the year. Annabel Murley and Susanna Lindquist tacked on the final two goals in the half with Melea Miller picking up an assist as the game headed to the break with ONU leading 6-0

 

Halftime: Olivet Nazarene 6, IU-Northwest 0


IU-Northwest found their footing in the match scoring the first goal of the second half. Kelly Shaffer scored the first of her two goals in the 58th minute. Greene tallied her second goal of the night and restored the six-goal advantage one minute later. Shaffer added the second goal for the RedHawks in the 83rd minute but it was too late as the Purple and Gold earned their second win of the year in their last two games.

 


GAME VITALS

Final:  Olivet Nazarene 7, IU-Northwest 2

Records: Olivet Nazarene: 2-3 (1-0 CCAC) | IU-Northwest 1-4 (0-2 CAC)

Location: Crown Point Sportsplex | Indiana University Northwest | Crown Point, Ind.

QUICK HITS

  • ONU outshot IU-NW 20-7 in the contest.
  • Greene, Knutte, Loichinger, Murley, and Lindquist, all scored their first goals of the year.
  • Cash tied a career-high with two assists in a match (Sep. 18, 2021, vs. IU-SB; W 10-0).
  • Trinity Vallejo and Tessa Kowalsi combined for the shutout.

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Tigers resume CCAC conference play next Wednesay as they travel to St. Ambrose. Game time in Davenport, Iowa is set for 5 p.m. CT. Please visit onutigers.com for all the links to follow along.

 

—ONU—

 

*Contact: Patrick Kaindl, Sports Information Graduate Assistant, pkaindl@olivet.edu