Kylie Bridenhagen/Winonan

The Winona State University women’s soccer team added two conference wins to its overall season record this weekend while on the road in North Dakota. The Warriors recorded these wins against the University of Mary and Minot State.

The Warriors’ first game of the weekend was against the Minot State Beavers, where Winona State took a 2-1 victory. Kati Baker scored her second goal of the season, 16 minutes into the game off an assist from Alaina Kne.

Beaver Kayla Schlittenhart put her team on the board off an assist from teammate Zoe Fisher in the 26th minute. The teams were tied at 1-1 after the first half.

Samantha Fegan was able to put the Warriors ahead of the Beavers in the second half after a late goal, assisted by Morgan LeFebvre.

Winona State had 18 total shots with 10 on goal. Meg Riebau led the team with six total shots, three being on goal. Baker and Fegan each had one shot other than their goals. LeFebvre also had one shot other than her assist. Hadley Bales and Jennifer DeRoo each had two shots. Mehan Bolton, Porter and Kne each contributed one shot to the team’s total.

Kayla Schlittenhart led Minot State with the team’s lone goal. Fisher had two shots in addition to her assist. Kelli Aeese and Emilie Rebelo each added two shots to their team’s total shots.

Alexandra Vial had six saves during the game while only allowing one goal. Minot’s goalie allowed two goals, saving eight shots.
Sunday afternoon, the Warriors played the University of Mary, where they shut-out the Marauders 3-0.

DeRoo put the Warriors on the board scoring her first goal of the season, just two minutes into the game. Fegan then scored in the 36th minute of the first half, with an assist from Rebecca McCoy to put the team up 2-0.

In the second half, Bolton scored the Warriors third goal, putting the team up 3-0, which would end up being the final score of the day’s game.

Winona State totaled 13 shots during the game, with five of these shots being on goal. Ten of the Warriors helped contribute to the team’s total. DeRoo led the Warriors with three total shots. Fegan was right behind her with her sole goal and added one more shot on goal. Bolton’s only shot of the day was her goal that helped the team to earn another conference win. McCoy added one shot to her assist. Kne, Nikole Porter, Riebau, Shauna Rodman, Nicole Sames and Taylor Zehren each had one shot.

Marauder Megan Searson led her team with 3 of the team’s 13 total shots. Emily Christensen also added two shots to this total.
Winona State’s goalkeeper, Vial, saved five potential shots from scoring. This was her third shutout of the year. The Marauder’s keeper allowed three goals to pass, but she did have two saves.

The Warriors are now 4-2-2 overall and 3-2 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play.

The team will be back in action with a pair of home conference games this coming weekend against MSU Moorhead and Northern State. Games are set to start at 1 p.m.

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