WAVERLY, Iowa – Women's soccer put on a dominant display at Salzwedel Field on Wednesday, Sept. 17 with a 5-1 win over Augustana College. Both Sami Webster and Nikayla Youngblut each scored two goals in the win for the Knights.
 
Wartburg is now 3-5 overall and Augustana moves to 2-4-1 overall this season.
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • Youngblut got the scoring started early when she beat her defender and then angled a deep shot past the keeper to make it 1-0 Wartburg early
  • The Knights continued to attack when Kenna Hemann fired a shot on goal in the sixth minute that was saved by the Vikings
  • Augustana made six saves over the next 25 minutes after shots on goal from Youngblut, Webster and Maya Anderson
  • Wartburg led 1-0 headed into halftime
• Second Half
  • Youngblut struck again in the 50^th minute with another unassisted goal to put the Knights ahead 2-0
  • A minute later, Wartburg was back on the board when Claudia Sewell found Webster who finished with a score to give Wartburg a 3-0 lead
  • Sheets fired a shot on goal that was saved in the 62^nd minute, but it deflected to a wide open Webster, who tapped in a wide open goal for Wartburg's fourth of the night
  • The Knights added a fifth goal in the 73^rd minute when Allison Smith had a shot saved by the keeper before Anderson played the deflection and found the back of the net to put Wartburg in front 5-0
  • Augustana's first shot on goal resulted in a goal in the 77^th minute that was a high looping shot from well past the penalty arc from Augustana's Jordyn Swanson
  • Tulla Jensen made a late save in the 89^th minute to close out a 5-1 victory for the Knights

 
Top Performers

• Nikayla Youngblut
  • Two goals
  • Six shots on goal
• Sami Webster
  • Two goals
  • Three shots on goal
• Claudia Sewell
  • Assist
• Athena Sheets
  • Assist
• Allison Smith
  • Assist

 
Notes/Streaks

• Most goals in a match since the 2023 season (5-0 vs BVU)
• Wartburg is now 3-9-2 all-time in the series
  • First win over Augustana since 2011
• Third and fourth goals of the season for Youngblut (team high)
  • Second multi-goal game of the season and career
  • Eighth career goal
  • Surpassed 20 career points (21)
• Second and third goals of the season for Webster
  • First career multi-goal game
  • Seventh career goal
• Second career goal for Anderson
• Third career assist for Sewell
  • First this season
• Second assist this season for Sheets
  • Fourth career assist
• Second career assist for Smith
  • First this season

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are in action next on Sunday, Sept. 21 on the road against the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 3 p.m.