Box Score

COON RAPIDS – The University of Northwestern women's soccer team rallied to match its highest goal total of the 2013 season Friday afternoon, finishing the weekend with a 4-0 sweep of North Central University at the Coon Rapids (Minn.) Soccer Complex. Four different Eagles had a hand in the final score as UNW scored twice in each half.

North Central secured the first shot of the game at the 5:12 mark and wouldn't be matched by Northwestern until the 17:17 point when Lindsay Halvorson (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) first notched an offensive boot. As more time ticked off the clock, UNW began to pick up steam and forced more attacks into the Rams' defense. The first score of the game came in the 29^th minute as Jordan Skarin (Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo ) converted on a Lauren Cleope (Manila, Philippines/Faith Academy) pass to notch a 1-0 lead in favor of the visitors on the scoreboard.

Fast forward to the 38^th minute and another tally was added to the board with Lindsay Halvorson (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) delivering a ball to Sarah Gerten (Excelsior, Minn./Southwest Christian) for the goal. As UNW headed into the half, the team reversed its role from Friday's game that saw North Central lead heading into halftime.

As the second period got underway the Purple and Gold maintained possession of the momentum, however the Rams showed they were not ready to let up and forced some shots of their own towards the Eagle backline.

At the 56:41 time stamp Sarah Scinto (Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount) booted her second goal of the weekend off of a Skarin assist to increase UNW's lead to a triple and provide a bit of lead security. Just 56 seconds later UNW made its final scoring push as Allie Franzen (Andover, Minn./Legacy Christian ) benefited from another Cleope assist and sent a ball past the North Central defense to leave the margin at 4-0.

The Eagles  were able to close out the remaining minutes and earn its second Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) victory in as many days. The visitors came out on top in the offensive shot category with 17, while Emily Johnson (Esko, Minn./Esko) and company picked up the shutout victory as a result of three saves.

After a jam packed couple of days, Northwestern (4-7-1 overall, 3-4-1 UMAC) will have a week to hit the practice field before it hosts the College of St. Scholastica on Friday, October 18 at 1 p.m. The home contest can be followed via UNW's live stats and video.