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HU women’s soccer vs. IWU

The Huntington University women’s soccer team fell to No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan 3-1 on Saturday, Oct. 24, at King Stadium. Saturday’s contest wraps up conference play for Coach David Lewis and crew as they drop to 1-9-1 overall, 1-7-1 in Crossroads League action.

The Wildcats struck early to snatch a lead they never relinquished. Olivia Schmidt scored at the 10 minute mark, after which HU limited their visitors to just a handful of shots on goal the rest of the period that keeper Riley Voss was able to corral for a 1-0 difference heading into intermission.

The second half started much the way the first did in that IWU found back netting early on to push in front 2-0. Indiana Wesleyan struck again less than 10 minutes later to give themselves a little more breathing room before HU finally got one back.

Despite IWU spoiling HU’s Senior Day, it seemed fitting that a senior would log Huntington’s only goal of the day.

With five minutes remaining, senior Katie Sell picked up her second goal of the season on a picture-perfect combination play. It started at midfield when Ashtyn Patrick found Courtney McKown.

McKown one-touched it to Sell who maneuvered around a defender for a left-footed strike near post to wrap up the afternoon’s scoring.

Sell finished with three of her team’s seven shots. Voss finished with seven saves in the losing effort.

Coach Lewis likes his team’s progress. “I liked our overall effort today against another strong team. We were able to move the ball well at times. Improving our consistency and level of play is our objective.”