WOMEN’S SOCCER

The HU women’s soccer team fell to #7 Indiana Wesleyan 3-1 Saturday afternoon at King Stadium. Today’s contest wraps up conference play for Lewis and crew as they drop to 1-9-1 overall, 1-7-1 in CL action.

The Wildcats (7-2-2, 6-1-2) struck early to snatch a lead they never relinquished. Olivia Schmidt scored at the ten minute mark after which HU limited their visitors to just a handful of shots on goal the rest of the period that keeper Riley Voss was able to corral for a 1-0 difference heading into intermission.

The second half started much the way the first did in that IWU found back netting early on to push in front 2-0. Indiana Wesleyan struck again less than ten minutes later to give themselves a little more breathing room before HU finally got one back.

Despite IWU spoiling HU’s Senior Day, it seemed fitting that a senior would log Huntington’s only goal of the day. With five minutes remaining, senior Katie Sell picked up her second goal of the season on a picture-perfect combination play. It started at midfield when Ashtyn Patrick found Courtney McKown.

McKown one-touched it to Sell who maneuvered around a defender for a left-footed strike near post to wrap up the afternoon’s scoring. Sell finished with three of her team’s seven shots. Voss finished with seven saves in the losing effort.

Lewis likes his team’s progress. “I liked our overall effort today against another strong team. We were able to move the ball well at times. Improving our consistency and level of play is our objective.”

Huntington is back at King Stadium on Saturday to host Saint Francis at 1:00 p.m. It’s the Foresters’ last regular season contest and will be the second time they’ve squared off with the Cougars so it will be considered a nonconference match.