Women's Soccer | 10/25/2017 7:39:00 PM

Box Score

    URBANA, Ohio – Urbana found the net twice midway through the first half here Wednesday afternoon and went on to claim a 2-0 victory against West Liberty in Mountain East Conference women's soccer action at Urbana University Stadium.
    It was a frustrating setback for Coach Barry Christmas's Hilltoppers (4-10-2, 3-10-2) as they battled the Blue Knights (3-10-3, 3-9-2) to a virtual draw everywhere but on the scoreboard.
    West Liberty launched 12 shots on the afternoon to 13 for Urbana. WLU netminder Lauren Hartnell was charted with 4 saves while Urbana's Katherine Beech had to make 5 saves to earn the shutout. The hosts claimed a narrow, 5-4, edge in corners.
    It was a corner kick that enabled the Blue Knights to break the scoring ice in the 22nd minute as Bronte Flannery sent in a corner just outside the six that Savannah Morgan drove past Hartnell for a 1-0 Urbana lead.
    The backbreaker came just five minutes later when the hosts' Alyssa Edwards split a pair of Black and Gold defenders and scored from 10 yards out to provide the Blue Knights with what proved to be an insurmountable two-goal lead.
    The Hilltoppers close out the season at home on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kickoff against regionally-ranked Notre Dame (Ohio).
  West Liberty              0  0 – 0
Urbana                        2  0 – 2      UU: Savannah Morgan (Bronte Flannery), 21:08
     UU: Alyssa Edwards (Alyssa Garberich), 26:27      Shots: West Liberty 12, Urbana 13
     Saves: West Liberty 4 (Lauren Hartnell 4), Urbana 5 (Katherine Beech 5)
     Corners: West Liberty 4, Urbana 5
Att: 58