Kylie Bridenhagen/Winonan

The Winona State University women’s soccer team opened up its 2013-2014 season with a pair of tied games. The Warriors faced off against the Central Missouri Mules Friday, then the Truman State University Bulldogs Sunday.

The Warriors’ game against Central Missouri was a battle and defenses from both teams played tough from beginning to end. In the first 45 minutes, Winona State put three shots on goal, while Central Missouri had two. Both teams remained scoreless after the first half.

In the second half of the game, the scoreless showdown between Central Missouri and Winona State continued. The game then went into its first of two ten-minute overtimes where the Warriors and Mules each had one shot on goal.

The Warriors had 12 total shots during the game with seven in the first half, two in the second half, one in the first overtime and one in the second overtime. Kati Baker, Hadley Bales and Mehan Bolton had two shots each, while Jennifer DeRoo, Caitlin Lilly, Rebecca McCoy, Nikole Porter and Meg Riebau had one each.

Central Missouri had 20 total shots on the day with six in the first half, 12 in the second half, one in the first overtime and one in the second overtime.

Becky Lackey and Kayla Hamner each with five shots contributed half of the Mules total shots. Hannah Moran had three shots individually and Bailey Hensley was also in the double digits, with two. Kristin Bright, Cindy Lackey, Nicole Pond, Carly Stanley and Amy Stewart each had one shot.

Warrior goalkeeper Alexandra Vial had eight saves—two in the first half and four in the second – while Morgan Hartzler had three saves all in the first half.

The game concluded after two ten-minute overtimes with Central Missouri and Winona state at a scoreless tie.

The Warriors’ second game of the weekend was against Truman State. The game proved to be another battle for Winona State as both teams had few opportunities to score.

During the first half of the game, the Warriors had two shots while the opposing Bulldogs had four. In the second half, Truman State had six shots and Winona State had nine.

After an initial scoreless game, both teams went into their first overtime and then a second. Winona State had three combined shots during the overtimes, while Truman State had two.

Baker lead the Warriors with three shots and teammate Riebau followed closely behind with two. Samantha Fegen, Megan Paulick, Devon Richards, McCoy, Bolton, Porter and DeRoo each had one shot apiece.

Sally Smith led the Bulldogs with three individual shots. Trisha Shoemaker, Annie Skornia and Kristinia Weishar each had two shots. Truman State’s goalkeeper, Emily Bozdeck, had five saves, as did Warrior Vial.

After both tied scoreless games from this weekend, the Warriors’ record is set at 0-0-2.

The Warriors hit the road next week for their first conference match at Upper Iowa on Sept. 13 and return home on Sept. 15 to host Northwest Missouri State at Verizon Wireless Stadium at 12 p.m.

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