Saturday, February 20
Carbondale, Ill.
2PM
Southern Illinois University
0-1-0, 0-0-0
0
vs
4
Western Kentucky University
1-1-0, 0-0-0
1
2
F
Western Ky.
2
2
4
Southern Ill.
0
0
0
Western Kentucky Tops Salukis, 4-0
02/20/2021 | 7:36:00 | Women's Soccer
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- In their first contest in 473 days, the Southern Illinois University women's soccer team fell to C-USA opponent, Western Kentucky 4-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Lew Hartzog T&F Complex.
"We got exactly what we needed out of today", said head coach Grant Williams. "We got to play a quality opponent, got to learn where we need to improve, and what we can build off of. Everyone got the chance to play, we're all healthy, so we will have everyone involved in training this week with eyes wide open and looking ahead."
Western Kentucky starting shooting from the start, earning an unassisted goal by freshman Annah Hopkins in the fifth minute, followed by another cross the box from Avery Jacobsen to junior Ambere Barnett to put past goalkeeper Maddy Alaluf, and putting WKU 2-0 in the twenty-fifth minute.
Into the second half of play, Hopkins scored again at the 59th minute mark, with a double-assist down the line by Barnett and Brina Micheels. Following a non-goal call from being offsides, the Lady Hilltoppers finished their offensive run of the afternoon with a final goal by Taylor Swartz, unassisted.
With all 21 field players seeing the field today, sophomore Maddy Alaluf started her first game of her career in front of the net and brought in a save. California native, Nicole Raventos took the second half of play in goal for the Salukis, recording the most time cumulatively and achieving 5 saves in the afternoon.
"This game was very balanced in the first half. We learned today about what it's going to take to be more competitive over the course of 90 minutes."
The Salukis are back home for their first Missouri Valley Conference game as the league's newest members, against Valparaiso on Sunday, Feb. 28.
"We got exactly what we needed out of today", said head coach Grant Williams. "We got to play a quality opponent, got to learn where we need to improve, and what we can build off of. Everyone got the chance to play, we're all healthy, so we will have everyone involved in training this week with eyes wide open and looking ahead."
Western Kentucky starting shooting from the start, earning an unassisted goal by freshman Annah Hopkins in the fifth minute, followed by another cross the box from Avery Jacobsen to junior Ambere Barnett to put past goalkeeper Maddy Alaluf, and putting WKU 2-0 in the twenty-fifth minute.
Into the second half of play, Hopkins scored again at the 59th minute mark, with a double-assist down the line by Barnett and Brina Micheels. Following a non-goal call from being offsides, the Lady Hilltoppers finished their offensive run of the afternoon with a final goal by Taylor Swartz, unassisted.
With all 21 field players seeing the field today, sophomore Maddy Alaluf started her first game of her career in front of the net and brought in a save. California native, Nicole Raventos took the second half of play in goal for the Salukis, recording the most time cumulatively and achieving 5 saves in the afternoon.
"This game was very balanced in the first half. We learned today about what it's going to take to be more competitive over the course of 90 minutes."
The Salukis are back home for their first Missouri Valley Conference game as the league's newest members, against Valparaiso on Sunday, Feb. 28.
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Team Stats
WKU
SIU
Goals
4
0
Shots
13
9
Shots on Goal
10
4
Saves
4
6
Corners
7
0
Fouls
0
1
Scoring Plays
Annah Hopkins (2)
GOAL by WKU Hopkins, Annah.
04:59
Ambere Barnett (1)
Assisted By: Avery Jacobsen
GOAL by WKU Barnett, Ambere Assist by Jacobsen, Avery.
22:18
Annah Hopkins (2)
Assisted By: Ambere Barnett , Brina Micheels
GOAL by WKU Hopkins, Annah Assist by Barnett, Ambere and Micheels, Brina.
58:12
Taylor Swartz (1)
GOAL by WKU Swartz, Taylor.
86:19
Game Leaders
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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