Minnesota State 2 Wayne State 1

            A late goal by freshman defender Molly Michaelson was not enough to overcome a two goal deficit against Minnesota State as the visiting Mavericks posted a 2-1 win over Wayne State Friday afternoon in the NSIC Women's Soccer opener for both teams at the WSC Soccer Pitch. The Wildcats fall to 0-3-1 (0-1 in conference play) and the Mavericks improve to 3-1-0 (1-0 in conference play).
            Minnesota State got the first goal of the game 13 minutes in on Louisa Shromoff's first of the season. Ashlyn Watt assisted on the goal. The Mavericks scored again a little over nine minutes later on Jenny Vetter's second of the season for a 2-0 lead at intermission.
            WSC trailed 2-0 the rest of the way until Michaelson scored with less than five minutes to play to put the score at 2-1.
            The Mavericks had a 13-7 edge in shots against the Wildcats including substantial advantage in corner kicks 7-1. WSC was called for one more foul than Minnesota State 11-10.
            Michaelson scored the Wildcat goal on her only shot of the contest. Megan Phillips was credited with two shots on goal to lead WSC while Morgan Rhodes and Kylee Delaney also had shots on goal.
            Sophomore goalkeeper Katherine Hageman suffered the loss despite allowing just two goals with two saves.
            The Wildcats will be at home again Sunday afternoon hosting Concordia-St. Paul in a NSIC contest starting at 1 p.m.