Northwestern College loses to Midland 3-1 in a women's soccer conference match played tonight under the lights at DeValois Stadium. The Raiders are now 4-7 in the GPAC, 4-7-1 overall, with one game left to go in the regular season. Midland improves to 5-3-3.
Emily Hurley scored a goal in her fifth straight game, netting her team's lone goal during the 76th minute. Hurley leads the Raiders with seven goals this season and has scored in seven of her last eight games.
Kaelin Alons stopped 11 Midland shots on-goal; Hurley (4) and
Julie Dunlap (1) had the shots on-goal for Northwestern.
Scoreless for the first 28+ minutes, Midland broke through with a pair of goals during a six minute span late in the first half. Bailey Locano (28:37) and Jericha Fox (34:45) both found the back of the net during this stretch. Midland's Arianna Flores scored off a penalty kick for the team's only goal in the second half.Â
Midland's Rachel Thigpen had four saves.
