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Winner Northwestern NWC (4-6-0, 2-3-0)
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(4-6-0, 2-3-0)
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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | NWC Athletic Communications

Red Raiders Back in the Win Column with a Shutout Road Win

Brennan and Speck both find back of the net for the first time this season

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Northwestern College women's soccer team (4-6, 2-3 GPAC) got back into the win column this evening with their first road win of the season with a 2-0 decision over the Mount Marty Lancers (1-7, 0-5 GPAC) at Crane-Youngworth Field.  
Northwestern would find a way to strike first in Yankton. Following a Lancer goal kick that wandered out of bounds, the Red Raiders would get a beautiful cross from Aliza Edwards (Fr., Spencer, Iowa) on the far side who would deliver a ball perfectly to the backside of the box where Taylor Brennan (So., The Woodlands, Texas) would put it away for the 1-0 lead in eighth minute of play.
 
At the half, Northwestern had put up four shots which were all on-goal. The Lancers managed just one shot in the first 45 minutes.  
The Red Raiders kept the pressure on in the second half with multiple opportunities to extend the lead. Finally, in the 62nd minute, off a counterattack opportunity, Grace Timm (Fr., Center City, Minn.) pushing down the line had a perfect find with a cross into the middle of the box as Keirsten Speck (Sr., Elkhorn, Neb.) would find the back of the net to push the Northwestern lead up to 2-0.
 
Mount Marty would put some pressure on the Raider defense in the remaining minutes, but Northwestern would hold firm. When the final whistle came, Northwestern would leave Yankton with a 2-0 victory for their first road win of the season.
 
MATCH NOTES:
  • NWC picked up their second GPAC win of the season; their first league road win.
  • The Raiders held a +4-shot advantage (13-9), including a 10-5 advantage with shots on-goal.
  • Taylor Brennan picked up her first goal of the season in the eighth minute.
  • Aliza Edwards recorded her first assist of the season.
  • In the 62nd minute, senior Keirsten Speck recorded her first-career goal.
  • Grace Timm notched her first assist of the season on the Speck goal.
  • Abby Bastian recorded five saves in goal in the win, picking up the shutout.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Taylor Brennan
Up Next: Northwestern will return home to host the Jimmies of the University of Jamestown (1-4-3, 1-1-2 GPAC) on Saturday, September 30 at the NWC Soccer Complex. Kickoff is slated for 3:15 p.m.

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