Box Score

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Edgewood College women's soccer team knew they were in for an uphill battle going into Wednesday night's contest at sixth ranked Augustana College. The Vikings jumped out early, scored two first half goals and played solid defense in their 2-0 win over the Eagles.

Augustana (11-0-2) took three shots in the first six minutes, with the Eagles' goalkeeper, Kristi Frisch turning away two of them and the other being blocked. Two minutes later, the Eagles (10-4-1) had their first chance of the game, but Elaine Gerry's shot went wide of the goal.

In the ninth minute, the Vikings' Caitlin Winkelman had a shot blocked that found its way to Taylor Moesle's foot. Moesle then ripped a shot into the back of the net to give Augustana the lead.

The Vikings continued to pressure the Eagles, taking three shots in the 15th minute, two were blocked and the other was saved by Frisch. Erin Coulson extended the Vikings lead seven minutes later when she took a pass from Jessica Dodds and deposited her shot in the back of the net to make the lead 2-0 Augustana.

Edgewood College tallied two shots in the final 11 minutes of the first half as Clare Schumacher put her shot on net, but Augustana's goalkeeper, Kayla Radloff turned it away. In the 40th minute Zenaida Cordova put a shot on goal, but Radloff stopped that one too, keeping the score at 2-0 Vikings.

In the second half, the Vikings outshot the Eagles 6-1 with Gerry taking Edgewood College's shot in the 58th minute. Augustana tallied 22 shots to the Eagles' four in the contest and recorded four corner kicks and held Edgewood College to zero corners. Frisch recorded a career-high eight saves in the contest, with seven coming in the first half.

Edgewood College will have chance to get back in the win column on Saturday when they travel to Wisconsin Lutheran College. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.