Wayne State and the University of Mary battled to a 1-1 tie in Northern Sun Conference women's soccer Sunday afternoon at the WSC Soccer Pitch. WSC is now 4-5-2 and 3-3-2 in the league while UMary sports records of 6-2-3 on the season and 5-1-2 in NSIC play.
The visiting Marauders held a sizeable 8-1 advantage in shots during the first half with Wildcat goalkeeper
Alexa Hofstetter making several outstanding saves while finishing the half with four.
Wayne State got on the scoreboard first midway through the second half as sophomore
Briella Thompsen picked up a loose ball and blasted a long shot outside the box past UMary goalkeeper Kadyn Dilger for a 1-0 Wildcat lead at the 68:00-minute mark.
Less than 10 minutes later, UMary's Dina Polanco was fouled just inside the box and awarded a penalty kick at the 76:28 mark and scored inside the left corner of the goal to even the contest at 1-1 to close the scoring.
UMary held an 18-5 advantage in total shots and 8-3 in shots on goal over the Wildcats. The Marauders had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks while WSC was called for 14 fouls to 10 on UMary.
Thompsen's fourth goal of the season led WSC offensively.
Morgan Mancuso and
Nyah Lisby were each credited with shots on goal while
Olivia Thompson recorded two shots.
Hofstetter played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded seven saves while allowing just one goal.
The next game for Wayne State is Friday afternoon when the Wildcats travel to Marshall, Minnesota for a 4 p.m. NSIC contest against Southwest Minnesota State.
