MARION, Ind. - No. 17 Women's soccer late game heroics leads to a tie with No. 10 Marian University. Tonight's game was a back and forth, physical battle the whole way. Marian would strike first in the 29th minute to take the 1-0 lead. This would be the only goal for either side in the first half and for the majority of the second half. Both teams played tough defense and would not let anything past them. IWU kept the pressure on and it would eventually pay off with a goal in the 80th minute by freshman Alejandra Tavarez. The Wildcats held off the late push by the Knights and the game ended with a 1-1 draw.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Marion, Ind. | IWU Soccer Field
• Records: IWU: 5-2-2 | MU 7-1-2
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #17 | MU - #10

WHAT HAPPENED

• Marian took the 1-0 lead in the 29th minute with a short cross and strike in front of the goal.
• The IWU defense played tough led by freshman Savanna Cronin who played all 90 minutes and made several key plays to stop the Knights attacks.
• Freshman Alejandra Tavarez scored her first goal of the year off of an assist from fellow freshman Katelyn VanderArk to tie the game at 1 in the 80th minute. 

NOTABLE NUMBERS

• 8: Goalkeeper Avery Sluss had eight saves to keep the Wildcats in the game.
• 1: Freshman Alejandra Tavarez scored her first goal of the year.

SEIFFERT PERSPECTIVE

• "Tonight was a tail of two halves. Credit to Marian, I thought they came out and were on the front foot in the first half, but our girls really showed up well in the second," said Head Coach Daniel Seiffert. "We settled in quite well and really started to play more our style of play. It was a really good total team effort and to bounce back after conceding a goal is really something that we can build off of. We have a short turn around time before our next league game so we will learn from this one and will look forward to getting back out on the training grounds tomorrow." 

LOOKING FORWARD

• IWU plays next on the road at St. Francis (Ind.) on Saturday, Sept. 28th at 7:00 PM.
• Links for video, and stats are available at IWUWildcats.com.

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