Northwestern Oklahoma State 4 Wayne State 1

             Northwestern Oklahoma State rallies with four second half goals to defeat Wayne State College 4-1 in non-conference women's soccer play Sunday afternoon at the WSC Soccer Pitch. Northwestern Oklahoma State improves to 3-1-0 while the Wildcats fall to 0-2-1.
            The first half saw only one goal with Megan Philips scoring her second goal of the season in the 44th minute to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. Wayne State was not able to capitalize on the seven corner kicks they were given in the first half compared to just one from Northwestern Oklahoma State.
            Leading 1-0 in the second half, Northwestern Oklahoma State's Isabella Mcmillan scored a goal at the 64:50 mark to tie the game at 1-1. The goal was assisted by Cynthia Armas.
The Rangers scored two more goals less than 90 seconds apart to take the lead for good. The first was from Callie Haneborg in the 78th minute and the second came from Tiara Campbell in the 79th to give Northwestern Oklahoma State a 3-1 advantage. Both were unassisted.
            Campbell scored her second goal of the match at the 82:43 mark to increase the Rangers lead to 4-1 off of the assist by Isabella Mcmillan.
            Northwestern Oklahoma State held a slim 9-8 edge in shots over the Wildcats including 7-4 in shots on goal.  The Wildcats held a 10-5 advantage in corner kicks over the Rangers and both teams were whistled for six fouls apiece.
            Phillips paced Wayne State with four shots, two on goal, with one goal in contest.  Morgan Rhodes contributed two shots, one on goal, for the Wildcats.
            Up next for the Wildcats is the NSIC opener when Wayne State plays host to Minnesota State on Friday, September 17 at 3 p.m.