WAVERLY, Iowa – Women's soccer was defeated at home by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville 3-1 on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Knights are now 2-4-1 overall and UW-Platteville moves to 8-0-1 overall this season.
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • The Knights had an early scoring opportunity when Natalie Thiesfeld fired a shot that missed the target outside
  • Mackenzie Ceschan made the first save of the match in the 10^th minute after a UW-Platteville shot on goal
  • The Knights had two more shots just miss being on target after shots from Greta Rothe and Paige Lienhard in the 10^th and 15^th minute
  • The Pioneers broke the tie in the 19^th minute after a free kick was headed in
    • UW-Platteville led 1-0 at halftime
• Second Half
  • The Pioneers added another goal in the 58^th minute to make it 2-0
  • Wartburg got on the board in the 73^rd minute when Nikayla Youngblut passed to Lauren Kirkle who beat her defender before burying a shot in the bottom right corner of the net
  • In the 74^th minute, the Pioneers scored again after a deep goal kick got behind the Knights' defense for Jess Morawski's second goal of the match
  • Wartburg had a late corner kick that led to a shot on goal from Abigail Milburn, but it was saved by the Pioneers
  • UW-Platteville closed out a 3-1 win

 
Top Performers

• Lauren Kirkle
  • Goal
  • Two shots on goal
  • 90 minutes played
• Nikayla Youngblut
  • Assist
  • 58 minutes played
• Abigail Milburn
  • Shot on goal
  • 32 minutes played

 
Notes/Streaks

• The Pioneers now lead the all-time series 6-2
• First goal of the season for Kirkle
  • 14^th career goal
• Third assist of the season for Youngblut
• Each team had six corner kick attempts

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action tomorrow, Sept. 22 at home against the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 1:30 p.m.