The McKendree University women's soccer team extends its win streak to six games after defeating Missouri S&T 2-1 on Sunday at Leemon Field.
How It Happened
After an early goal by S&T in the games 18
th minute,
Morgan Hollenbeck tied the game with a goal at the 37
thminute. The goal was assisted by
Anna Stiffler. This was Hollenbeck's second goal of the season.
Later in the half,
Emma Knoebel would score the go-ahead goal in the 43
rd minute of the half. The goal was socred off a penalty kick. This was Knoebel's team leading fifth goal of the season.
Behind The Boxscore
The Bearcats outshot the Miners 22 to 11. Nine of McKendree's 22 shots were on goal, seven of Missouri S&T's shots were on goal.
Mercedes King started in net for the Bearcats. She had a season high six saves and gave up one goal.
Coaches Quote
"We needed to take advantages of the oppurtunties in the first half, we hit the post a couple of times, but we need to finish those chances," head coach
Tim Strange said. "We battled and got an opportunity to get the goal (by Hollenbeck in the first half). All we had to do in the second half was to hold them off and we did. Really impressed with our performance today and throughout the weekend and we'll head into a tough weekend next weekend against Maryville and Lindenwood."
Up Next
The Bearcats will be back in action on Thursday, April 1 against Maryville in St. Louis at 3:30 p.m.