On Tuesday night the Cougars were focused on attaining their first victory of the month against their opponent, Calumet College of Saint Joseph.
Neither team could find the back of the net early on, but late in the first half during the 41st minute freshmen forward Mariana Hoerr put the Cougars up 1-0. Hoerr scored on a breakaway that was assisted by freshman midfielder Delanie Bosworth and junior utility player Marissa Graves.
The next goal of the game was also scored by Hoerr off of a spinning shot. This time she was assisted by sophomore forward Lexi Cozzi and junior utility player Morgan Graves. Her second goal made it 2-0 going into the locker room at halftime.
The Cougars would score one more goal right before the end of the game when sophomore defender Rachel Didier set up Marissa Graves for the header off of a free kick.
The final score was 3-0 as the Cougar growl was roared throughout the night sky from the announcing booth after the game was over.
Freshmen goalkeeper Alex Perry came up huge with eight big saves to record her third shutout of the season. She has been impressive in her first season in net for the Cougars, posting a 1.66 goals against average on the season.
SXU finished with 11 total shots for the game and were led by Hoerr, who had 4 shots by herself.
Next up was another CCAC conference game against Trinity Christian College Saturday afternoon. The team was looking to continue their momentum from Wednesday’s win against the Crimson Tide. Even though the Cougars were victorious earlier in the week, they could not continue their success against the Trolls and fell 3-0.
The Trolls started the scoring in the 29th minute when freshmen midfielder Kayla Diemer put it in the back of the net to make it 1-0.
Trinity Christian would put another one in right before halftime when freshmen midfielder Abby McDonald scored off an assist from Rachael Webb. The Cougars found themselves down by two goals at halftime.
The start of the second half saw a change in goal for the Cougars when head coach Evan Strehlau decided to take out starting goalkeeper Perry after allowing two goals.
This meant junior Danielle Koncius had a shot in net. Koncius made the most of her time in net by playing the whole second half and making five saves.
The Trolls would score one more goal in the 86th minute when Webb scored off an assist from Diemer. SXU struggled to find offense, only generating four shots on goal and eight total shots for the game. The Cougars would go on to lose for the fifth time in six games, dropping their record to 4-9-1 overall and 2-6 in conference play.
The team still has a little time to collect some more wins before their conference tournament starts on Nov. 9.
The team will play their last home game of the season against Roosevelt University on Nov. 2 at 11:30 a.m. on Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field.
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