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Winner Indiana Northwest IUN (9-4-1, 5-1)
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU (5-6-2, 4-1-2)
Winner
Indiana Northwest IUN
(9-4-1, 5-1)
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Final
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
(5-6-2, 4-1-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Indiana Northwest IUN 3 2 5
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 0 2 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

SXU Women’s Soccer Falls to IU Northwest, 5-2

CHICAGO – Junior forward Cami Butler (Tinley Park, Ill./Roosevelt/Lincoln-Way East) scored her seventh goal of the season and senior midfielder Alexzia Garcia (West Valley City, Utah/Northwest/RSL Academy) tallied her first goal of the year, but the Saint Xavier University women's soccer team (5-6-2/4-1-2 CCAC) lost its first Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) match of the season in a 5-2 setback to Indiana University Northwest Tuesday evening at Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. Butler finished the match with two shot attempts in 90 minutes, and Garcia scored on her only shot attempt while also playing the full time. The loss ends SXU's six-match unbeaten streak to begin conference play.
  • Junior forward Karly Harkness (Oak Lawn, Ill./Bethel/Downers Grove North) picked up her second assist of the year, adding a shot attempt in 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Senior midfielder Gema Garibay (Chicago, Ill./Trinity Christian/South Suburban/SIUE/De La Salle) had two shots on goal, one coming on a penalty kick that was saved in the 80th minute.
  • Senior forward Alex Jonaitis (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) also had two shot attempts with one on goal.
  • Senior goalkeeper Natalie Dybas (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) made four saves.
  • The RedHawks held a 3-0 advantage at halftime with goals coming in the 18th, 26th and 40th minutes, respectively.
  • Butler's goal came on a 'one-timer' as Harkness rushed in from the left side, sending a pass across the field and Butler sent a shot past the goalkeeper. She is now tied for the team lead in goals with seven.
  • IUN scored on a header off of a corner kick in the 65th minute, and they added another goal in the 68th minute for a 5-1 lead.
  • Saint sent a ball in off a corner kick in the 86th minute, the Indiana Northwest clearing attempt came out to Garcia, who rocketed a shot from 30 yards out from the left side into the lower right corner for her first goal as a Cougar.
Saint Xavier (5-6-2/4-1-2 CCAC) travels to Elgin, Ill. to play Judson University (Ill.) in a CCAC contest on Wednesday, October 21. The match is slated for a 1:30 pm start.
 
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