New Ulm, MN - The MLC women's soccer team had a stellar day on the MLC soccer pitch, blowing out Minnesota Morris
6-1. The Knights have now tied or won in six consecutive contests and scored a season-high six goals versus the Cougars.
Freshman
Anna Kramer connected on MLC's first two goals, scoring the opening goal in the 16th minute and her second in the 21st minute.
Greta Mensching cashed in on her first goal of the season off a rebound near the net to make it 3-0 in the 31st minute.
Minnesota Morris put in its only goal of the game near halftime, around the 42nd minute, as the Knights entered the break up 3-1.
The score remained intact at 3-1 for much of the second period, but MLC gained some more momentum when they made it 4-1 after a penalty kick goal from
Rachel Schoeneck.
MLC didn't stop there and added on a couple more goals in the final three minutes of game time as
Marissa Buege converted her shot into a score, while Schoeneck tacked on another for good measure in the final minute.
The Knights dominated the ball and doubled up the Cougars in total shots, 26-13, while holding a 16-2 advantage in shots on target, further showing how impressive the MLC defense played.
Five different MLC players got involved with assists (
Julianna Koehler, Katie Schoeneck, Naomi Foley, Priscilla Boehm, and Ava Beilman).
Kramer now leads the UMAC in made goals (6).
MLC (6-2-1, 3-0) will look to remain undefeated in conference play as they head up to Northwestern for a road game on Saturday, September 27, at 4:30 p.m.