St. Cloud State scored just over six minutes into the second half for the lone goal of the contest as the visiting Huskies edged Wayne State 1-0 in a Northern Sun Conference women's soccer game played Sunday afternoon at the WSC Soccer Pitch. SCSU moves to 9-5-3 and 8-4-2 in the NSIC while the Wildcats drop to 5-9-3 and 4-7-3 in the league.
The two teams played to a scoreless tie in the opening half as St. Cloud State held a 13-2 advantage in shots and 3-1 in shots on goal. Junior
Addison Walker had Wayne State's shot on goal in the opening half.
The second half saw the visiting Huskies score the lone goal of the contest at the 51:24 mark as Linsey Trapino scored on an assist by Gianna Fiorelli to put SCSU in front.
Shortly after the goal, Wayne State's
Jordan Lewis had a shot on goal that was saved by the Huskies and junior
Morgan Mancuso at the 66:00 mark had a shot on goal that was also denied by St. Cloud State.
The visiting Huskies closed the half with a 13-6 edge in shots and 8-2 in shots on goal and posted the 1-0 win.
For the contest, St. Cloud State outshot WSC 26-8 and 11-3 in shots on goal. The Huskies enjoyed a 7-1 edge in corner kicks and were called for eight fouls to just four on the Wildcats.
Lewis,
Alyssa LaPointe and
Emma Wasilewski each had two shots in the contest for WSC. Junior goalkeeper
Alexa Hofstetter recorded 10 saves in the contest while allowing just one goal.
The Wildcats close out the regular season Thursday hosting Augustana in a 3 p.m. contest.
