Augustana used three second-half goals to defeat Wayne State College 4-1 Thursday afternoon in Northern Sun Conference women's soccer played at the WSC Soccer Pitch. The Wildcats end their season with records of 5-10-3 and 4-8-3 in the NSIC while the visiting Vikings improve to 10-3-5 and 8-3-4 in conference play.
The lone goal of the opening half was scored by Augustana's Izzie Franks on a long shot from the left side that sailed over WSC goalkeeper
Alexa Hofstetter into the back corner of the goal at the 17:54 mark for a 1-0 Viking lead.
Augustana closed the first half with an 11-5 advantage in shots including 4-1 in shots on goal.
The Vikings scored one minute into the second half to take a 2-0 lead as Madelyn White scored on a pass from Addie Fawcett.
Augustana took a 3-0 lead at the 67:58 mark on an own goal when the ball went off a Wildcat defender into the net.
Wayne State got on the scoreboard in the 77
th minute freshman
Alyssa LaPointe found the back of the net with an assist by
Jordan Lewis to make the score 3-1.
The final score of the contest came just under two minutes later as Augustana's Ava Hurt scored a goal off an assist by Makenzie Nelson to close the scoring at 4-1.
Augustana ended the contest with a 22-8 edge in shots and 9-2 in shots on goal. LaPointe had the Wildcat goal with two total shots while senior
Tyler Donaldson added three shots and the remaining shot on goal.
Junior goalkeeper
Alexa Hofstetter recorded six saves while playing just under 75 minutes while freshman
Allison Bacchus played the final 15:18 and allowed one goal.
