ELMHURST, Ill. – The Elmhurst University women's soccer team fell 3-0 to Augustana College in CCIW play.
The Vikings struck first in the 18
th minute of play with a goal by Maeve Sheridan to take the 1-0 lead. Augustana (7-5-2, 2-2-1 CCIW) netted another goal at the 35
th minute by Liesl Whitener to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room.
The first 30 minutes of the second half went without a goal before the Vikings Kayla Garcia found the back of the net at the 77
th minute. This gave Augustana the 3-0 lead which held through the end of the contest.
For Elmhurst (0-13, 0-5 CCIW) the goalkeeping duties were split between
MaKenzee Velchek and
Aleksia Vranjes who had four and one save respectively in 45 minutes of work. The Bluejays finished with three shots all on goal.
The Bluejays travel to Decatur, IL on Saturday, October 15 to take on the Millikin University at 1:00 p.m.