ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Seattle Pacific University women's soccer team shut out Central Washington University on the road on Saturday morning, while
Kayla Wallace supplied the game-winner for the Falcons in the 85th minute to earn the 1-0 victory over the Wildcats.
FROM THE COACH
"Really challenging game today," head coach
Arby Busey said. "We had to fight hard to get that result. Kayla came up huge late for us with a great finish. And we defended well all game to keep the shutout. Proud of the grit we showed today, it will make us even stronger moving forward."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons jumped on the Wildcats early, sending in five shots in the first 10 minutes of the match.
- Wallace had three of the five shots during that span.
- Ashlyn Valdovinos nearly gave the Falcons the lead in the 33rd minute, but her shot was saved.
- Landry Schoennauer was in goal for the Falcons in the second half and made five critical saves.
- In the 85th minute, Wallace finally broke through with what proved to be the game-winner for the Falcons.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- The Falcons launched 18 shots compared to seven from the Wildcats.
- 11 of those 18 shots were on goal for SPU.
- Wallace was relentless, with seven shots throughout the game, five of which were on goal.
- Taylor Krueger had four shots for the Falcons.
- Valdovinos and Maya Parman had two shots each.
- Mercedes Cullen started in goal for the Falcons and didn't need to make a save in the first half.
- Schonnauer led the Falcons with four saves, all of which came in the second half.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Wallace's goal was her second of the season.
UP NEXT
The Falcons return home next week to host #12 Western Oregon at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, before welcoming MSU Billings to Interbay Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 1:00 p.m.
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