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Posted by
Corey Westra
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Wed, Nov 14, 2007
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Women's Soccer
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 Mustangs Drop Overtime Contest Morningside’s women’s soccer season came to an end after a 2-1 overtime loss against Southern Nazarene University in first round play at the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships on Wednesday at Daytona Beach, Fla. The Crimson Storm scored the game-winner three minutes and 16 seconds into the overtime period on a goal by Rachel Eguren off an assist from Becky Schaefer. It was Eguren’s seventh goal of the season. Southern Nazarene improved its record to 13-6-2 and moves on to play defending NAIA National Champion Lindsey Wilson College in the next round.
Morningside, which bowed out with a 17-3-1 record, had played a school-record 12 consecutive matches without a loss prior to the defeat. Southern Nazarene became only the second team to score more than one goal against the Mustangs during their final 13 matches. Morningside surrendered only 19 goals all season, including only seven scores over the last 13 matches.
Southern Nazarene and Morningside traded goals during the first 16 minutes before the contest turned into a defensive struggle. The Crimson Storm’s Randi Duncan opened the scoring with a goal off an assist from Kelli Traves nine minutes into the contest. The Mustangs tied the score at 1-1 at the 15:26 mark of the first half on an unassisted goal by Maggie Kukuk for her team-leading 20th goal of the season. Southern Nazarene out shot the Mustangs 10-6. Morningside goal keeper Kelly Berst and Southern Nazarene’s Erica Brown each had three saves. Morningside, champions of the GPAC and NAIA Region III, appeared in the NAIA National Championships for the second year in a row. |
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